Pompeii

By:

Isabel Diaz

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Pompeii e situato sotto Roma.

La S

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a

Monte Vesuvio

Erupted without warning on august 24, 79 AD.

A thick cloud of gray ash soon covered the sky

Tragically, a lot of people were not able to escape fast enough.

Le P

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one

Fam

ose

Pliny the younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) was a politician and author. He was Pliny the elder’s nephew and he also died on August 24.

Pliny the elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) was a natural philosopher, military commander and provincial governor. Sadly, he died on August 24, 79 when mount Vesuvius erupted.

Luoghi s

tori

ci

(his

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s)

Temple of Jupiter (Tempio di Giove)

House of the Vettii

Casa del Fauno

Forum

Piu lu

oghi

stori

ci

Basilica

Building of Eumachia

Large Theatre

Pompeii Amphitheater

L’arte

These paintings (pittura) were recovered (ritrovato) after the eruption (eruzione) of mount Vesuvius so most of the painters (pittore) are unknown (ignoto).

Pompeii was also known for the sex (sessuale) scandal (scandalo) so it reflects on the paintings

Fonti

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/final/pliny.html

https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-ix/reg-ix-ins-13/house-of-c-julius-polybius

http://www.gpsmycity.com/tours/historic-places-of-pompeii-3384.html

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pompeii/p/MtVesuvius.htm