Dr. Robert I. Curtis

Park Hall 230; 06-542-2156
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Welcome to the web site for CLAS 4120/61200: Pompeii and Herculaneum. This web site is designed to serve as a basic reference tool for students enrolled in this course; it is not meant to serve as a substitute for class attendance, participation and homework.

Course Description:

Destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius over a period of less than twenty-four hours on August 24-25 of A. D. 79, the remains of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and surrounding villas, located on the Bay of Naples in southern Italy, provide the best source for the study of ancient Roman daily life in the first century A. D. This course focuses on political, social, economic, and religious life by looking closely at government and politics, domestic, public, and religious architecture and house decoration, urban planning and development, domestic and public religion, leisure and entertainment, food and drink, and much more.

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