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Cityscape and Imagery in an Ancient City: Case-Study Pompeii (Ek)

Monika Trümper

Information for students

Important note for students of the MA program "Archaeology of the Ancient Wolrd"! Please note, this lecture is part of the modul "Methods in Classical Archaeology" which is scheduled for summer 2025. For organisational reasons the lecture of that modul is now held already in the winter term 24/25. If you plan to successfuly complete aforesaid modul, you must attend this lecture! close

Additional information / Pre-requisites

The lecture will be held in English. Power Presentations with images and text will be made available after each class. If required, Q & A sessions will be offered in German.

Comments

Located at the gulf of Naples in southern Italy, Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in AD 79. The city was founded in the 6th century BC by a mixed group (Etruscans, Greeks, indigenous), inhabited by Samnites between the 5th and 2nd century BC, and transformed into a Roman colony in 80 BC. Excavations began in the mid-18th century and continue until today, and have revealed about two thirds of the ancient city. Therefore, Pompeii is the best known and preserved city of the ancient world and allows, in an exemplary manner, to investigate the urban landscape and imagery of a mid-sized town with changing socio-political conditions over a period of 600-700 years. This lecture provides an overview of the topography and architecture of the city as well as the different contexts (sanctuaries, public buildings and squares, baths and spectacle buildings, houses, necropolises) of ancient imagery (esp. painting and sculpture) from the city’s foundation to its destruction. Particular attention is paid to the historical, social, and cultural conditions for the development of the city and its imagery as well as current methodological approaches and theoretical research debates. Recent and ongoing excavation play an important role, as the FU Institute of Classical Archaeology has been excavating in Pompeii since 2015. close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Tue, 10:00 - 12:00 16 Class schedule

Tue, 2024-10-15 10:00 - 12:00

Lecturers:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Trümper