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Notes on video lecture:
Early History of Pompeii
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on July 13, 2017 (go to class or lectures)
Choose from these words to fill the blanks below:
earthquake, Naples, speaking, offshoot, Rome, Pentri, excavation, Herculaneum, shrine, Greek, Jupiter, Italic, 79, commerce, 304, war, glitterotti, Campania, first, Amalfi, Sulla
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Pompeii
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located in an area called                 
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the area around             , south of Rome
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small resort town beginning in late            century BC
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sister city:                       
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people made their money largely from                 
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a spot favored by the                        of Rome
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built imperial villas in the vicinity
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Oplontis
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Boscotrecase
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             Coast
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island of Capri
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had a longer history
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founded in 8th century B.C.
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Oscans
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             tribe
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shared a language with the the Samnites
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between the Samnites and the Romans were the Oscans
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often eager to go to       
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       BC: their sovereignty fell victim at last in the Second Samnite War
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Samnites
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4th-2nd centuries
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an Oscan-                 people
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probably originated as an                  of the Sabines
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consisted of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and             
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354 BC allied with Rome against the Gauls in
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89 BC Pompeii fell to         
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80 BC            made Pompeii a colony
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the Samnites were essentially thrown out of their homes
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property to Roman veterans
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remade buildings in the Roman image
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80 BC - 79 AD
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trade with            cities
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with Neapolis, then a Greek city
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62 AD shaken to its foundations by                     
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a              shows the event
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shows the Temple of                of Pompeii collapsing
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they began to restore there city
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17 years of rebuilding activity
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August 24th,      AD
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Vesuvius erupted and covered the city with a blanket of ash
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the city was rediscovered in the 18th century
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treasure hunting
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after that, a period of scientific                     

Vocabulary:

glitterati, n. the fashionable set of people engaged in show business or some other glamorous activity ⇒ "Pompeii was a first-century resort town of people who largely made their money from commerce, and it was a spot favored by the gliterrotti of Rome who used to come down to this area not only to go to Pompeii itself but to establish imperial villas in the vicinity of Pompeii, many of which you can still see today in places like Oplontis and Boscotrecase."
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The Temple of Jupiter OMC
The Servian Wall of Rome
Temple of Portunus in Rome and Temple of Hercules in Cori
The Increasing Greekification of Roman Temple Building
Opus Caementicum and Opus Incertum
Porticus Aemilia
Temple of Jupiter Anxur at Terracina
Tabularium and Theater of Marcellus
Bathing, Entertainment, and Housing in Roman Cities
Roman Tombs, Aqueducts and the Lasting Impact of Roman Architecture
Julius Caesar's Vision to Make Rome the Architectural Equal of Alexandria
Augustus and Luna Marble
The Forum of Augustus and the Temple of Mars
Ara Pacis Augustae
The Meier Museum and the Jewel of the Lungotevere
Tiberius' Villa Jovis on Capri
Caligula, Lighter Concrete, and the Underground Basilica
The Significance of Nero's Octagonal Room on Roman Architecture
Hadrian's Pantheon
The Flavian Amphitheater a.k.a. the Roman Colosseum
The Temple of Venus and Roma
The Arch of Titus
The 79 AD Ruins of Herculaneum
Early History of Pompeii