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Pompeii

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located in an area called Campania

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the area around Naples, south of Rome

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small resort town beginning in late first century BC

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sister city: Herculaneum

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people made their money largely from commerce

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a spot favored by the glitterotti 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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Amalfi 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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Italic 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 war

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304 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-speaking people

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probably originated as an offshoot of the Sabines

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consisted of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and Pentri

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354 BC allied with Rome against the Gauls in

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89 BC Pompeii fell to Rome

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80 BC Sulla 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 Greek cities

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with Neapolis, then a Greek city

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62 AD shaken to its foundations by earthquake

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a shrine shows the event

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shows the Temple of Jupiter 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, 79 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 excavation