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What Have We Done to Deserve This?!
11/10/2011 23:23
(by L. Ross)
Disasters are manifestations of divine disapproval in our eyes, and unusual phenomena as parents of catastrophe. There is a distinction between signs that are solicited and those appearing without...
Spotlight on Herculaneum
11/10/2011 23:08
By H. Stauffer
When Mount Vesuvius erupted, Pompeii wasn’t the only city affected. Herculaneum, a smaller city supposedly founded by Hercules in close proximity to Pompeii, was also destroyed by the flow of the lava from...
Impact of Art on Roman Society
11/10/2011 23:05
By H. Stauffer
In “200 B.C. the Romans conquered the Greeks and began copying their art style”. The Romans then started depicting people as they truly were and created realistic statues.
In Pompeii, many senators and...
Vesuvius Erupts! Pompeii Devastated.
11/10/2011 22:42
By L. Ross
The eruption has destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplonti, and Stabiae and has killed Pliny the Elder and many others. Pompeii has been completely leveled and the others are not much better off. It has been said...
Roman Technology
11/10/2011 22:33
by T. Yanushefski
Roads
“All roads lead to Rome”
Within Italy, there are about 50,000 miles of roads. The primary use of these roads is to give a system of travel to the Roman army and to allow them to obtain food. In order to create the elaborate system of roads, Roman...
Gaius Plinius Secundus Dies After Volcano Eruption
11/10/2011 22:32
by T. Yanushefski
Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus, died last night after getting trapped in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. He was born around 23 AD in northern Italy around Gallia Transpadana....
Leisurely Activities
11/10/2011 22:22
by C. Kramer
To this day making time for leisure activities has been an important part in every ones lives, always trying as far as their means would allow. Today there are now possibly as much as 10 percent of our towns...
Who Was Supposed to Keep Pompeii Safe?
11/10/2011 22:21
by V. Wheeler
The people of Pompeii believed in many Gods, and these Gods were supposed to protect them. We do not know what caused these Gods to turn on them and cause the eruption of Vesuvius, but it does not hurt to go back...
The Impact of the Julian Emperors: Rome’s Economy
11/10/2011 22:18
By H. Stauffer
From 14 AD-68 AD, a lot of changes took place in Rome’s economy. These changes were instituted by Julian Emperor’s Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and...
New Emperor or New Nero?
11/10/2011 22:17
by V. Wheeler
On the 24th of June, Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus succeeded his father’s throne as our new emperor. But who is Titus Vespasianus? From our research we have uncovered who our new emperor really is. Titus, the...
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