GRST 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mount Vesuvius, Iron Age, Mycenae
20 Oct 2017
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Salamis: greeks put an end to persians trying to expand to the west. Rome: it was growing in the background from a small community to what would be a huge empire through the centuries. Julius caesar and emperor augustus (first actual emperor of rome) Pompeii and mount vesuvius: much of the information we have of ancient rome come from here 79ce. Vesuvius erupted and buried 3 thriving cities, the most famous of which is pompeii. Much of the roman iron age comes from pompeii because it was preserved so well. Bronze was always expensive whereas iron was much cheaper to produce: coinage introduction of coins. Pantheon temple dedicated to all the gods: made out of concrete. Proves that concrete is not always grey and ugly. Urbanization: mycenea maybe had a population of 30 000, and knossos had a population maybe of 80 000. In the iron age we see the true development of cities, sometimes with quite large populations.
