Italy, Pompeii - Building of Eumachia
Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
The daughter of Lucius (Eumachius), she is reported to have obtained her great wealth in her own right as a very successful matron. Of inconsequential origin, she sought a higher social status by marrying into one of the older families of Pompeii.
Edificio de Eumachia, Pompeya / Building of Eumachia, Pompeii
Reconstrucción infográfica del Edificio de Eumachia, Pompeya. 3d virtual reconstruction of the Building of Eumachia), in Pompeii.
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Pompeii. The Building of Eumachia
This is a quick walking tour of the Building of Eumachia, the largest structure by Pompeii's forum. It was built in the early first century AD by Eumachia, a public priestess, in her name and that of her son Marcus Numistrius Fronto. She had probably been married to a man of the same name who was duumvir, a city magistrate, in AD3 - he had presumably died. We do not know what the building was used for but it may well have been connected with the fulling trade - the fullers dedicated a statue of Eumachia. It may have been their guild headquarters, but was probably also used for general trading, perhaps in slaves too. The structure was badly damaged in the earthquake of AD62 and was still being repaired when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The building is prescribed material for the UK-based OCR examination board's Classical Civilisation A-level (paper CC6: Cities of Roman Italy).
Edifici, templi e Macellum adiacenti al foro di Pompei
Contenuti nel video:
- Portico della Concordia Augusta (Edificio di Eumachia);
- Tempio del Genius Augusti ( Tempio di Vespasiano);
- Santuario dei Lari pubblici;
- Macellum
Pompeii Tomb of Eumachia
Eumachia, public priestess, daughter of the tile/brick maker Lucius Eumachius and probable husband of the duumvir (magistrate) Marcus Numistrius Fronto senior at Pompeii, funded the erection of a massive building by Pompeii's forum. She seems to have been connected with the fullers, who dedicated a statue to her, but the exact connection is unknown. Despite her high status as a member of the decurial class, awarded the privilege of a public priestess role (a way of honouring women from the decurial class since they could not hold office), she was NOT awarded a funeral at public expense or a place for her tomb. Instead she funded her own and built one of Pompeii's biggest tombs. It sits outside the Nucerian Gate of the city - a huge great curved structure. At the rear a tiny door leads into the curved vault that runs around the tomb to the niches where the cremated remains of Eumachia and her family were deposited. There's nothing left inside now, but I got in a few months ago when I found the side gate had been left open. Interesting to those studying CC6 Cities of Roman Italy for the OCR A-Level in Classical Civilization - another film on this channel covers the outside of the tomb.
2015-09-28 Pompeya - Edificio di Eumachia
Entramos a mirar el Edificio di Eumachia, que en estos momentos tiene baja afluencia de público, por lo que está muy tranquilo para observar sus alrededores.
Pompeii The Nuceria Gate cemetery, tomb of Eumachia
Eumachia is one of Pompeii's best-known figures. She built the massive strructure by the forum that bears her name. She also had Pompeii's largest tomb but no-one knows what happened to her or her son, Marcus Numistrius Fronto. The family of another Pompeii great, Alleius Nigidius Maius, seem to have taken over the tomb in later years. This tomb is prescribed content for the UK-based OCR examination board's A-level paper Cities of Roman Italy (CC6).
la Domus Eumachia et Romulus
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Pompei - Apre il Complesso di Championnet
Da poco aperto e visitabile il Complesso di Championnet, un insieme di eleganti edifici residenziali (oltre 60 ambienti) finemente decorati e articolati in diversi atri e peristili, disposti a terrazza a sud ovest del pianoro di Pompei, con affacci panoramici sulla piana del Sarno. Scopritelo insieme a noi con questo video.
Pompeii.The Temple of Apollo.
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Casa de los Vettii, Pompeya / House of the Vettii, Pompeii
Reconstrucción infográfica de la Casa de los Vettii en Pompeya. 3d virtual reconstruction of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii.
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Pompeii. The Fullery of Stephanus
Fulling (clothworking) was one of Pompeii's big businesses. This fullery is on the Via dell'Abbondanza close to the main central crossroads. It backs on to the House of Lucius Ceius Secundus. Originally a standard atrium townhouse, the building was adapted to create a working area downstairs and living quarters upstairs. For example, the atrium impluvium was adapted to create a washing tank. Out at the back is a series of washing and rinsing tanks, crammed in behind the small peristyle, where urine or soda was used for cleaning. Eumachia, public priestess, and owner of a huge building by the forum had a statue dedicated to her by the fullers. They are likely to have supported her husband, Marcus Numistrius Fronto (i), and their son M. Numistrius Fronto (ii) in their respective political careers. The workrooms are decorated in Fourth-Style paintings.
Templo de Fortuna Augusta, Pompeya / Temple of Fortuna Augusta, Pompeii
Reconstrucción infográfica del Templo de Fortuna Augusta en Pompeya. 3d virtual reconstruction of the Temple of Fortuna Augusta, Pompeii.
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Anfiteatro de Pompeya / Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii
Reconstrucción infográfica del anfiteatro romano de Pompeya. 3d virtual reconstruction of the roman amphitheatre of Pompeii.
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Pompeii. House of Gnaeus Alleius Nigidius Maius or House of Pansa
This house at Pompeii, once known as the House of Pansa, belonged to a magistrate and impresario called Gnaeus Alleius Nigidius Maius. He put on lavish gladiatorial displays to earn popularity with the Pompeian public in the mid-1st century AD and may have obtained his wealth by inheriting part of the estate of Eumachia. The house is very ruinous now but preserves a building which dates back to Samnite times (before the town became a Roman colony in 80 BC). Nigidius Maius bought the whole block, which was known as the Insula Arriana Polliana, and rented out shops and apartments around the main house.
Pompeii, the Herculaneum Gate Cemetery
Outside Pompeii's north-west (Herculaneum Gate) is a cemetery. Tombs line the street and they include some important ones such as the freedwoman Naevoleia Tyche, determined to show how successful she and her freedman husband Munatius Faustus, had been in life. They also include the tomb of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus, the young magistrate commemorated by his father, the owner of Pompeii's premier fish-sauce (garum) business. Both are prescribed content for the UK-based OCR examination board's AS paper in Classical Civilisation (Cities of Roman Italy - CC6).
House of the Great Altar (Massima Ara) Pompeii AD79 Vesuvius
The House of the Great Altar (Ara Massima) (VI.16.15) is a little-known house on the main north-south axis of the city on the Via del Vesuvio. It goes without mention in the guidebooks and also in any of the many books I have on Pompeii. Nevertheless, it was open when I went there in February 2011 so here it is. There's no peristyle but some quite elaborate wall-paintings overlook the atrium.
Researchers reconstruct house from old Pompeii using 3D-technology
By combining traditional archaeology with 3D technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have managed to reconstruct a house in Pompeii to its original state before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius thousands of years ago. Unique video material has now been produced, showing their creation of a 3D model of an entire block of houses. For a 3-minute tour: After the catastrophic earthquake in Italy in 1980, the Pompeii city curator invited the international research community to help document the ruin city, before the state of the finds from the volcano eruption in AD 79 would deteriorate even further. The Swedish Pompeii Project was therefore started at the Swedish Institute in Rome in 2000. The researcher in charge of the rescue operation was Anne-Marie Leander Touati, at the time director of the institute in Rome, now Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University.
Since 2010, the research has been managed by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History in Lund. The project now also includes a new branch of advanced digital archaeology, with 3D models demonstrating the completed photo documentation. The city district was scanned during the field work in 2011–2012 and the first 3D models of the ruin city have now been completed. The models show what life was like for the people of Pompeii before the volcano eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The researchers have even managed to complete a detailed reconstruction of a large house, belonging to the wealthy man Caecilius Iucundus.
“By combining new technology with more traditional methods, we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible”, says Nicoló Dell´Unto, digital archaeologist at Lund University.
Among other things, the researchers have uncovered floor surfaces from AD 79, performed detailed studies of the building development through history, cleaned and documented three large wealthy estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens. In one garden, they discovered that some of the taps to a stunning fountain were on at the time of eruption – the water was still gushing when the rain of ash and pumice fell over Pompeii.
The researchers occasionally also found completely untouched layers. In a shop were three, amazingly enough, intact windows (made out of translucent crystalline gypsum) from Ancient Rome, stacked against each other. By studying the water and sewer systems they were able to interpret the social hierarchies at the time, and see how retailers and restaurants were dependent on large wealthy families for water, and how the conditions improved towards the end, before the eruption.
An aqueduct was built in Pompeii, enabling residents to no longer having to rely on a few deep wells or the tanks of collected rainwater in large wealthy households.
The work behind the 3D film and a discussion on the credibility of the reconstructions are presented in an article, published in SCIRES Italy.
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione and the Humanities Lab at Lund University have contributed to the development of the material and 3D work.
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Article: Reconstructing the Original Splendour of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. A Complete Methodology for Virtual Archaeology Aimed at Digital Exhibition.
Templo de los Lares Públicos, Pompeya / Temple of the Lares Publici, Pompeii
Reconstrucción infográfica del Templo de los Lares Públicos, Pompeya. 3d virtual reconstruction of the Temple of Lares Publici, Pompeii.
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