3904G- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 66 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3904G
• Professor: Beth Greene

Document Summary

C l a s s i c a l s t u d i e s 3 9 0 4 g. The eruption of mount vesuvius and the rediscovery of pompeii. Were pompeii and herculaneum important: largest towns, no. It had been around for a while but it was not considered important on the basis of history: remember the modern value of pompeii and herculaneum and their ancient reality. In the modern day it is considered special and amazing but during the ancient time it was just a city. Ad 79: mushroom cloud of volcanic debris ca. Pompeii adding another 2m of debris in places: city buried in 5-6 meters of debris, much of it pumice and ash, herculaneum buried in 20-25 meters of solidified deposits. Victims of the eruption: most of the bodies still had skeleton along with the outline of clothing. Vesuvius erupted 3 dozen times since ad 79: 4 times between 968 and 1036; 21 times between.