Pompeii

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  • Created on: 26-04-17 18:01
aedile
responsible for maintenance of public buildings and of public festivals.
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apodyterium
changing room in baths
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Asellina
graffiti of woman outside thermopolium - perhaps waitress
3 of 27
atrium
main reception room of the house
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basilica
public building where legal business conducted
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caldarium
hot room in baths
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comitium
polling station for elections
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decision
local town council - inc aediles and duovirs
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duoviri
2 senior annually elected magistrates
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Fiorelli
19th c archaeologist; developed system excavation
10 of 27
forum
public area-focus of religion, commerce, politics
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frigidarium
cold bath- with plunge pool
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hypocaust
underground heating system
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impluvium
square pool in middle of atrium
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lararium
shrine to the gods of the household - lares
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Macellum
meat and fish market in forum
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municipal offices
where town council met and worked
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palaestra
exercise ground at bath
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peristylium
garden area surrounded by colonnade in house
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Plautus
writer of Roman comedy plays
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Pliny
writer of the account of Vesuvius' eruption
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Pyroclastic
surge and flow of hot ash and gases
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Stabian baths
oldest and largest baths in Pompeii
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tablinum
office
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tepidarium
warm room in baths
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thermopolium
shop selling hot food and wine, often with accommodation
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Vetti
freedmen brothers who owned big house
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Card 2

Front

changing room in baths

Back

apodyterium

Card 3

Front

graffiti of woman outside thermopolium - perhaps waitress

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

main reception room of the house

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

public building where legal business conducted

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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