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2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › reading-theReading the Writing on Pompeii’s Walls | Smithsonian

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   Jul 26, 2010 · Reading the Writing on Pompeii’s Walls. To better understand the ancient Roman world, one archaeologist looks at the graffiti, love notes and poetry alike, left behind by Pompeians

3. upmag.com › history-of-graffiti-in-rome-fromHistory of Graffiti in Rome: from Pompeii to the Metro B

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   Funny enough, the first time graffiti made the trip overseas from the US, it actually popped up at an art gallery in Rome. Claudio Bruni, owner of Galleria La Medusa, had been impressed by graffiti art in a recent trip to New York, so he invited Lee and Fab 5 Freddy to exhibit their artwork in the Italian capital. The year was 1979.

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   6 days ago · Pompeii Pompeii, Italy, designated a World Heritage site in 1997. Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius. Around noon on August 24, 79 ce, a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius showered volcanic debris over the city of Pompeii, followed the next ...

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5. en.bab.la › dictionary › english-frenchPOMPEII - Translation in French - bab.la

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   Pontiac Creek. Pontian. Pontians. Pontius Pilate. Pontleroy Creek. Pontus. Translations into more languages in the bab.la English-Polish dictionary. Translation for 'Pompeii' in the free English-French dictionary and many other French translations.

6. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsBetween Epigraph and Epigram: Pompeian Wall Writing and the ...

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   Other writing was less formal: thus, in Pompeii, the famous caue canem (‘beware of the dog’) mosaic which marked the threshold of the House of the Tragic Poet; the bakery which featured a terracotta plaque with a phallus and the perhaps aspirational legend hic habitat felicitas (‘here dwells good fortune’); or the cookshop of Euxinus whose front sign announces phoenix felix et tu ...

7. glli-us.org › 2024/10/18 › italianlitmonth-n-32#ItalianLitMonth n.32: Translating Art Books: Inside Pompeii ...

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   Oct 18, 2024 · Pompeii is one of the most extraordinary and well-preserved archaeological sites in the world. Destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, the city’s mystery has fascinated artists since excavations began in the eighteenth century (and there’s still plenty more that remains to be discovered).

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   Is Pompeii a World Heritage Site?

   • Pompeii Pompeii, Italy, designated a World Heritage site in 1997. Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius.

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   When was Pompeii first mentioned in history?

   • Pompeii is first mentioned in history in 310 bce, when, during the Second Samnite War, a Roman fleet landed at the Sarnus port of Pompeii and from there made an unsuccessful attack on the neighbouring city of Nuceria. At the end of the Samnite wars, Campania became a part of the Roman confederation, and the cities became “allies” of Rome.

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   Why was Pompeii buried?

   • The city’s sudden burial served to protect it for the next 17 centuries from vandalism, looting, and the destructive effects of climate and weather. Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, that was destroyed by the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

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   Where was Pompeii erupted?

   • Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius. Around noon on August 24, 79 ce, a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius showered volcanic debris over the city of Pompeii, followed the next day by clouds of blisteringly hot gases.

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   When did Pompeii become a Roman citizen?

   • Pompeii joined the Italians in their revolt against Rome in this war and was besieged by the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 89 bce. After the war, Pompeii, along with the rest of Italy south of the Po River, received Roman citizenship.

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   Why was Pompeii destroyed?

   • Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, that was destroyed by the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The circumstances of its destruction preserved Pompeii’s remains as a unique document of Greco-Roman life. Learn more about Pompeii, including its history and excavations.

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