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Sunday, January 15

Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Readings

D'Arms, J., "Puteoli in the Second Century of the Roman Empire: A Social and Economic Study," Journal of Roman Studies 1974

"Story of a Roman Lawsuit," Ch. 9 in Deiss, J., Herculaneum Harper & Row 1985

Gordon, M., "The Ordo of Pompeii," Journal of Roman Studies 1927

Moeller, W., "The Felt Shops of Pompeii," American Journal of Archaeology 1971

Pliny the Younger, Epistle 6.16 - Pliny the Younger's Eyewitness Description of the Eruption of Vesuvius

Pliny the Younger, Epistle 6.20 - Pliny the Younger's Description of his Uncle's Death at Stabiae


Links

The destruction of Pompeii in 79 A.D.

Maps and photos from the Villa dei Papiri