Pompeii Model: A Short Story

Pompeii attracted many people before Mount Vesuvius “froze” the city in time for over a thousand years. In the eighth century BC, Pompeii was for wealthy vacationers who came for the sun and scenery. By the first century AD, Pompeii was for Rome’s most dignified and noble citizens. Pompeii had luxurious houses and paved roads. Daily life included relaxing in the thermal bathhouses which were good for the body and were great social atmospheres. In addition, people spent their days going to the amphitheater to watch gladiator shows and going to the market and town squares. Citizens who lived in Pompeii owned and worked in factories, artisan shops, taverns, cafés and more.

Archeologists all over the world work towards not only discovering the tracks left behind by societies millions of years ago, but also make an effort to save those footprints for future generations. However, conservation and preservation of archaeological sites can prove to be as arduous as discovering them, or may be more. As a historical site is discovered, it becomes the responsibility of the government and everybody who has to play a role, to secure that site and to not let it deteriorate. Doing so is now also made part of law in many countries and it comes as no surprise when preservation of historical sites is the prime goal of numerous international organizations. Pompeii is one of the most popular historical sites that have been a point of concern for not only Italy’s government but also UN itself. In this paper we try develop an insight of barriers that restrict the development of restoration. Pompeii is an ancient Roman town near the modern Naples, which was first discovered in the 18th century, after it had been destroyed by a volcanic eruption, courtesy of the close standing Mount Vesuvius during the first century. This area and the closer one of Herculaneum was covered in about 20 feet of ash when it was discovered but much of the objects had been able to survive, specifically the ones below the city, as there had been no exposure to air or moisture. This destination is of great importance for the present world as it provides a quality insight into the ‘Pax

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Pompeii was a busy roman city in Italy. The city flourished with many people and things. The people were Roman citizens. They loved their city and enjoyed the big beautiful mountain behind it. They were proud that their soil was rich and they never expected their city to experience extinction.

Breaking news, Pompeii and many other cities within a close proximity of Mt. Vesuvius was hit with several meters of ash on August 24 79 A.D and almost no one survived this destructive disaster. Pompeii is by the Bay of Naples in Italy and was one of the closest city to Mt. Vesuvius. That eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was caused by the African and the European plate colliding together. This city was thriving and the destruction of this thriving city made the economy weaker and humans were affected dramatically too. There was also dramatic changes the landscape. Mt. Vesuvius was one volcano on the rim of a volcano chain. The proximity of the volcano and the city of Pompeii was a disaster waiting to happen.

The frescoes at Pompeii have been sorted into four main styles – the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Styles. The Dionysian cycle in the dining

When Pompeii was found, it was a huge time for new scientific findings. The scientists and historians wanted to preserve the location so they can learn the history of Pompeii. They used plaster casts

Pompeii The movie I chose to watch was Pompeii (2014). This movie tells the exciting story of a former slave who becomes a gladiator in the Roman city Pompeii. It is obvious that the director of the movie is very passionate about ancient Rome and the city of Pompeii, because of the amount of details and historically accurate information he included in the movie. Director Paul W Anderson stated that, “although Pompeii is "entertainment" rather than documentary, accuracy became an obsession – even down to baking loaves like those found preserved in the volcanic ash, stocking a fish stall only with species that the Pompeiians are known to have eaten, and reproducing costumes from paintings” (Alberge 1).

Scorched. Thats how the residents of the once flourishing Roman city wound up. In 79 AD, what the people of the charming city of Pompeii once thought was a docile mountain, turned out to be an apocalypse in a can. The "apocalypse in a can" more commonly referred to as mount Vesuvius, an active volcano, buried the ancient city of Pompeii under several meters of ash. This left the city hidden from the world for hundreds of years until it was rediscovered in 1748. Pompeii was originally settled by the Greeks, but eventually became part of the Roman Empire. Pompeii has a history of being a vacation spot for wealthy vacationers, but also home to many locals. Just across the water was mount Vesuvius, a great eye candy for the tourists of Pompeii. Little did they know the danger it presented. The city remained buried under ash for many years. The death of Pompeii

The first settlers at Pompeii are Greeks, part of the spread of Greek colonies around the Mediterranean in the 6th century BC. By the 4th century the town has been taken by Samnites, a Italian tribe from the inland hills. The site of Pompeii is located in western Italy in a region called Campania, near the Bay of Naples. This location ensured the city's role as a center of commerce. Pompeii proper is enclosed by two miles of walls that encompass 23 acres, though the city itself extended beyond the walls with suburbs that melded into fertile farmlands known for their vineyards and olive orchards. Within this beautiful countryside many wealthy Romans placed their summer homes. However, it was Pompeii's proximity to Mt. Vesuvius that ensured the city's place in history. Pompeii grew from a settlement of Oscan speaking descendants of the Neolithic inhabitants of Campania. Pre-Roman Pompeii, as a part of Campania, was a recipient of a complex set of cultural influences: Etruscans from the north, Greek colonists from the south, and Samnites and other Italic peoples all around. Pompeii was settled by Greeks in the 6th century BC.

An elaborate restoration of a Pompeii ruin, one home to gladiators in the hours before they embarked on bouts to the death has got underway in Italy, five years after its collapse raised serious questions about the management of the famous Unesco site.

Americans relate to Ancient Rome because of their Republican government, liberal arts and sciences, and class system. When making an Ancient Rome film many of the times they include actual themes occurring in today’s society, whether it may be low key or a prominent part of today's society, such as racism or religious identities. Hyper-masculinity comes into play for both films Pompeii and Quo Vadis as they both center around the ideas of power. In Pompeii, Milo wants power in order to rise against Pompeii’s class system. He wants vengeance for being stripped away from this power which resulted in his slavery. In Quo Vadis, Lygia and Vinicius strive for Christianity to be the central power for Rome. Pompeii and Quo Vadis both depict

I really should not be surprised by all the commonalities that the Romans had with my life today. Even so, there are still some things that they mentioned about the way they lived that so similar that they still took me by surprise. For one, a lot of the food actually sounds like something I would enjoy or even do enjoy today, one of which is the sweet and sour pork; that mixed together with all the fruit that they ate, at actually sounds like a time in the history of eating that I would have enjoyed. Most surprisingly, though, was the graffiti that was found on some walls in Pompeii. Reading through them, I could not help but translate them into tweets, for example, on the wall was written, “Stronnius is a know-nothing,” but my head quickly

Another impressive sculpture in the room is the statue of Athena. Originally a Greek Goddess, she is known to Roman as the goddess Minerva (Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia). She is the Goddess of wisdom and war (and many more). She is known as "heroes companion" and also as a patient goddess, who is slow to anger and who always goes to war for a purpose. The Giant pagan marble statue is another addition to the dynamic forming by the beliefs of the people in Pompeii at that