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	Pompeii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pompeii took part in the war that the towns of Campania initiated against Rome, but in 89 BC it was besieged by Sulla.
		In early August of 79, all the town's wells dried up, but the warnings were not sharp enough, and the Roman world was stunned when on August 24 a catastrophic volcanic eruption of the volcano buried the city and obscured the sun on a mild afternoon.
		Pompeii is, in fact, the only ancient town of which the whole topographic structure is known precisely as it was, with no later modifications or additions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pompeii (1907 words)

	Up Pompeii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Up Pompeii was a British television comedy series of the 1970s.
		A quasi-follow up, Then Churchill Said To Me set in a World War II army camp was produced in 1982, but not broadcast until after Howerd's death (on satellite channel UK Gold) due to BBC concerns about offending the public in view of the then Falklands War.
		In the case of Up Pompeii (et al), copies were sold internationally, where, once their broadcasts had occurred were contractually obliged to be returned to the BBC or destroyed...
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Up_Pompeii (666 words)

	MSN Encarta - Pompeii
		Pompeii, ancient city of Italy, in the Campania Region, built at the mouth of the Sarnus River (now Sarno), a few miles south of Mount Vesuvius, between Herculaneum and Stabiae.
		Among the most significant aspects of the discoveries at Pompeii is the remarkable degree of preservation of the ancient objects.
		In addition, remnants of some of the 2000 victims of the disaster were found in the ruins of Pompeii, including several gladiators who had been placed in chains to prevent them from escaping or committing suicide.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761576319 (636 words)

	Up Pompeii -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Up Pompeii was a (The people of Great Britain) British (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television comedy series of 1970.
		In addition there were the (Someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight) pilot episode (1969) and two special episodes entitled Further Up Pompeii, one in 1975 and the other in 1991.
		The original proposed title, Up Baghdad, was rejected because it was felt that it might have been seen as supportive of the then-current (A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq; modern government is involved in state-sponsored terrorism) Iraqi regime.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/up/up_pompeii.htm (368 words)

	Vesuvius destroys Pompeii
		Up until now, the heavy column laden with dust, ash and rock had been supported by the sheer force pushing out of the volcano.
		Pompeii was buried under nine feet of ash, and a deep, hard layer left by the surges.
		The 160 acres of Pompeii, now buried deep in the earth, began a sleep that was to last until its resting place was discovered, and the town uncovered and studied, nearly 2,000 years in the distant future.
	ohoh.essortment.com /pompeiivesuvius_rwfr.htm (1019 words)

	LEARNING FROM POMPEII
		Pompeii, the beguiling and enigmatic survivor from the past, puts into full relief the fundamental maxim of good city building, a maxim as valid then as now: buildings must be built first of all as contributions to an urban ensemble, and the urban ensemble must serve the civic life first of all.
		The Romans incorporated Pompeii into their regime in 89 B.C. and gave it the status of a colony in 80 B.C. It is generally agreed that in large part the city they conquered resembled the one interred by the ash of Vesuvius.
		It is clear in Pompeii that religion dominated the civic life, civil affairs dominated the family and individual life, and the private life was valuable to the extent that it contributed to the public life.
	cti.itc.virginia.edu /~jjd5t/cww/1997/report2.html (10852 words)

	Pompeii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the east, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and blessed with soil rich in phosphorus and potash.
		Pompeii reluctantly accepted this situation for centuries; finally, when the Social War began in 90 B.C., they saw a chance at freedom and joined forces with other Roman "allies" against the city that oppressed them.
		Some people of Pompeii grabbed their beasts of burden and attempted to flee the area; others perhaps chose to wait until the streets were clear of the panicked masses; still others sealed themselves up in rooms, supposing that the ashes and poisonous gasses would not harm them there.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/europe/pompeii.html (1138 words)

	What Lies Beneath in Pompeii (washingtonpost.com)
		POMPEII, Italy -- For Pompeii's 2 million yearly visitors, the overwhelming attraction is the captivating view of daily life in the Roman Empire evoked by the city's temples, taverns, houses and public baths, and by its ever-popular brothels with their erotic frescoes.
		Tourists pick up small pieces of marble for souvenirs, plastic water bottles lie at the feet of Roman columns and stray dogs roam the streets.
		Subterranean Pompeii may not contain the luxurious villas and elegant sculptures found on the surface, but for archaeologists trained to perceive a universe in a clay shard, it is no less exciting.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A19216-2004Jul27.html (617 words)

	The History of Plumbing - Pompeii & Herculaneum
		Wa ter closets were in vogue in Pompeii, and archaeologists have found ancient closets in the back of one palace, including a cistern to flush water to the different seats.
		In Pompeii, this is how the plumber formed pipe: He poured molten lead into various sheets of thickness and dimension, and allowed them to cool.
		A bathroom of the wealthy literally was a room with a pool of water filling up the entire floor, in essence a small swimming pool in present-day terms.
	www.theplumber.com /pom.html (1212 words)

	Book Review - Pompeii by Robert Harris
		The hero in Pompeii is a young engineer named Marcus Attilius Primus, newly assigned as the aquarius of the Aqua Augusta, the 60-mile aqueduct that brings water from the mountains to all the cities in the Bay of Naples.
		Arriving in Pompeii, Attilius sets out to find the aediles, the city's magistrates who run everything, so that he can be provided with the necessary men and material to fix the aqueduct.
		Pompeii succeeds as a piece of historical fiction, as a disaster novel, and as a story of good versus evil, man versus nature, and as an examination of human nature.
	www.reviewsofbooks.com /pompeii/review (1640 words)

	Photos of Pompeii
		Mosaic floor in the atrium of "the House of Paquius Proculus or C Pansa" in Pompeii.
		This mosaic is described as being in the form of a carpet and in the centre of the atrium can be seen the basin for the impluvium, which would have collected rainwater from an opening in the roof.
		Not all spaces found in the volcanic ash during the excavations of Pompeii were the remains of humans and some, now filled with concrete, reveal the shapes of the original shuttering (left of picture) used to close the open frontage of shops.
	www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-017.html (344 words)

	eTrav Pathways - Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A strong wind blew much of the debris southeasterly onto Pompeii, dusting the city with a layer of soot and ash approximately 17 inches high within minutes.
		Residents of Pompeii arose to find their city covered in hot ash and soot.
		Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the entire countryside was buried.
	www.etrav.com /pathways/html/pompeii.asp (628 words)

	The Ross School- Pompeii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GENERAL HISTORY: Pompeii was an ancient city in southern Italy which was completely demolished during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
		Those who were outside peered up at the tall volcano as molten lava and burning stones flew out of its summit and plummeted down to the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
		Pompeii was the first excavation where this technique was used, and the archaeologists found many figures of victims using this method.
	ross.pvt.k12.ny.us /rome/pompeii/pompeii.html (876 words)

	Pompeii
		Pompeii, ancient city of S Italy, a port near Naples and at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius.
		The habits and manners of life in Roman times have been revealed in great detail at Pompeii by the plan of the streets and footpaths, the statue-decorated public buildings, and the simple shops and homes of the artisans.
		Among the most famous are the house of the Vetti, the villa of the Mysteries, and, in the suburbs of Pompeii, the villa of the Boscoreale.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0839633.html (305 words)

	Pompeii Furniture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For nearly half a century, Pompeii's artisans have exhibited their mastery in the creation of fine indoor and outdoor furnishings.
		Old world craftsmanship married with up-to-the minute production techniques has resulted in designs that are as durable as they are beautiful.
		Pompeii's legacy is excellence from design concept to completion.
	www.pompeiifurniture.com (63 words)

	Tour of Italy - Pompeii, the forgotten city
		So, if you are planning a trip to Pompeii yourself, be advised that you could easily spend a full day exploring the city.
		Pompeii was first occupied in the 8th century BC.
		The Etruscans soon dominated the region and Pompeii was no exception.
	touritaly.org /pompeii/pompeii-main.htm (540 words)

	Books \| Up Pompeii
		As the authors observe, a visit to Pompeii is often disappointing.
		Pompeii had latrines, but the sewage ran down the street.
		The life and death of Pompeii is evoked with verve and authority.
	books.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5224301-99937,00.html (783 words)

	Pompeii - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
		The city of Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many smaller places around the Bay of Naples, were Roman municipalities destroyed during an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79.
		The eruption was described by Pliny the Younger (see below), whose uncle Pliny the Elder died after making several trips across the bay with a flotilla of pleasure craft and fishing boats to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.
		The towns were actually found in 1599 by an architect named Fontana, who was digging a new course for the river Sarno, but it took more than 150 years before a serious campaign was started to unearth them.
	www.forwardingsite.com /places/pompeii.html (1236 words)

	Up Pompeii! : Up Pompeii
		The other main characters were Lurcio's master the senator Ludicrus Sextus (initially Max Adrian and then Wallas Eaton), the senator's wife Ammonia (Elizabeth Larner), his daughter Erotica (Georgina Moon) and his son Nausius (Kerry Gardner) (who wrote surprising not very rude odes), along with Senna the Soothsayer (Jeanne Mockford) and Plautus (Willie Rushton).
		The set up was little more than a backdrop for a endless series of double entendres and risque gags.
		In addition there was the pilot episode (1969) and two special episodes Further Up Pompeii, one in 1975 and the other in 1991.
	www.termsdefined.net /up/up-pompeii.html (412 words)

	The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD
		By this time the courtyard giving access to his room was full of ashes mixed with pumice stones, so that its level had risen, and if he had stayed in the room any longer he would never have got out.
		They debated whether to stay indoors or take their chance in the open, for the buildings were now shaking with violent shocks, and seemed to be swaying to and fro as if they were torn from their foundations.
		At the time of its destruction, Pompeii is estimated to have had a population of 20,000.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /pompeii.htm (1573 words)

	C C 340: Archaeology of Ancient Italy - POMPEII
		House of Vetti painting of Pasiphae and Daedalus in the triclinium.
		Detail of bride arranging her hair, from the Great Frieze of the Dionysiac Mysteries, in the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii.
		Reconstruction of the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii.
	www.utexas.edu /courses/italianarch/pompeii.html (464 words)

	Vesuvius, Italy
		From 1983-1985 an area of 31 square miles (80 square kilometers) was uplifted, in places up to 5.9 feet (1.8 meters), damaging homes, the harbor, and the tourist industry.
		Vesuvius is famous for the catastrophic eruption in 79 A.D. that buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
		Now, much of Pompeii has been excavated and it has revealed much about how people lived during that time (and died during the eruption).
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html (1083 words)

	Pompeii by Robert Harris
		His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies.
		But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.
		Pompeii palpitates with sultry tension....Harris provides an awe-inspiring tour of one of the monumental engineering triumphs on which the Roman empire was based....What makes this novel all but unputdownable...is the bravura ﬁctional flair that crackles through it.
	www.randomhouse.com /catalog/display.pperl?0679428895 (559 words)

	Pompeii - helpful tips & insights by a travel authority
		The ancient Roman city of Pompeii lay hidden and forgotten under the volcanic waste for over 1500 years before archaeological excavations slowly began revealing the lost city.
		Soon the heavy aerial debris showered on and buried the once thriving Roman city of Pompeii.
		Most of Pompeii's streets and buildings (including temples, theatres, shops, homes and public baths) have been uncovered.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /pompeii/pompeii.htm (252 words)

	Frankie - Up Pompeii
		The seeds for Pompeii were reportedly sown while BBC Light Entertainment Head Michael Mills was on holiday with Tom Sloan - in Italy.
		They were wandering around the ancient ruins of Pompeii - Michael saying "I expect to see Frankie Howerd come round the corner" - perhaps thinking back to his run in Forum a few years earlier.
		Although spin-off series often do not do as well as their TV counterarts Up Pompeii managed to hold its own (here we go with the puns...).
	www.frankiehowerd.com /1970s_pompeii.htm (409 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Pompeii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As is the case with James Cameron's cinematic opus Robert Harris' Fiction-written-around-fact novel about Pompeii is none the less entertaining for the reader being furnished with the knowledge that Vesuvius is doomed to erupt and claim thousands of lives in the Bay of Naples area.
		As an example, Pliny, the Roman scholar is known to have died at Pompeii but rather than from ash inhalation like virtually all other citizens he died as the result of a heart attack.
		Pliny's character is introduced early in the book and references to his exacerbations of breathlessness and often drinking red wine for 'his weak heart' are weaved into the story right from the off-such is the author's attention to detail.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0091779251 (1619 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		Pompeii and Herculaneum: Professor Cynthia Damon's website for Classics 36 at Amherst College is accessible through the Pompeii Forum Project.
		Pompeii Map with Panoramic Images: click "Forum Map" and use the links to access 360-degree views of the Basilica (lower left), the Temple of Apollo (mid-left), the area between the Temple of Jupiter and the Macellum (top), and the Forum itself (center), along with other sites in this area.
		Encourage them to look for resemblances between life in Pompeii and life in a modern-day city or town, using their imaginations to reach back across the centuries and fill in the picture of this vanished society.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=271 (1898 words)

	Pompei Virtual Tour
		Prior to the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii was a thriving city.
		A better understanding of life in Pompeii, a city with both Roman and Greek influence, can help us to better understand many of the writings of the New Testament.
		Too often the recording didn't pick up the first few words I spoke as I turned the video camera on at a new location.
	www.thecolefamily.com /italy/pompeii (577 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Pompeii: A Novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Meanwhile, tremors are felt in Pompeii, and the populace fears that the god Vulcan is angry and may send another earthquake, such as occurred 17 years earlier.
		As he tracks the aqueduct from its terminus in Misenum to Pompeii and then onward to the vicinity of Mount Vesuvius, he observes unusual natural phenomena, discovers the upheaval that disrupted the water flow, and realizes that an inevitable cataclysmic event is about to occur.
		"Pompeii" by Robert Harris is a fictional account of the four days leading up to the erution of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. that buried the city of Pompeii and killed many people.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679428895?v=glance (2308 words)

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