8 4 13 Why Rome Life in the Pax Romana The Significance of the Roman Empire Living during the Pax Romana The Example of Pompeii The Complexities of a Multicultural Empire What was Pompeii and how do we know about it Life in Ancient Pompeii Terms canon law Vespasian Year of the Four Emperors Phoenician Carthaginian clients The Significance of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire at its largest 117 CE 1 8 4 13 Roman theater and theater masks Roman baths public works Roman aqueducts 2 8 4 13 Roman roads Roman stadiums public entertainment The Colosseum in Rome Remains of Roman Markets 3 8 4 13 Ancient theater integrated into modern apartments Roman law lawyers The Holy Roman Emperor and his electors 1510 4 8 4 13 Roman Empire c 117 CE pax Romana c 69 180 CE Living during the Pax Romana The Example of Pompeii The Complexities of a Multicultural Empire To each man of the Roman plebs I paid 300 sesterces in accordance with the last will of my father I have freed the sea from pirates In that war with the slaves I delivered to their masters for punishment about 30 000 slaves who had fled from their masters and taken up arms against the state The whole of Italy voluntarily took the oath of allegiance to me and demanded me as leader in that war in which I conquered at Actium The provinces of Gaul Spain Africa Sicily and Sardinia swore the same allegiance to me There were more than 700 senators who fought under my standards and among these 83 have either before or since been made consuls and about 170 have been made priests 5 8 4 13 What was Pompeii and How do we know about it The Eruption of Vesuvius 6 8 4 13 Modern Pompeii The Excavations at Pompeii 7 8 4 13 Life in Ancient Pompeii City Streets and Building Techniques 8 8 4 13 Reconstruction of a Typical Pompeii Street The Public Baths The Forum 9 8 4 13 Temple to Apollo Statue of Apollo 10 8 4 13 Ampitheater Music Theater and Other Entertainment 11 8 4 13 Restaurants and Food Service Reconstruction of a Bakery 12 8 4 13 Roman Families and Family Life Reconstruction of a Roman Home of a prosperous family The Atrium 13 8 4 13 Family Altar The Peristyle in the private family areas Frescoes and Other Decoration 14 8 4 13 15 8 4 13 16 8 4 13 Mosaic Flooring Furnishing a Roman Home 17 8 4 13 Kitchen of a prosperous family Roman couch Reconstructed couch in its setting from Pompeii 18 8 4 13 Roman bed Glass jars used for weighing in a store Silver drinking cup 19 8 4 13 Roman Jewellry 20
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