Pompeii

Italy -P- Naples

Appearance

Pompeii is a sleepy town, intermixed with rural house sites and crumbling Roman ruins. The modern world has caught up here, and armed guards are stationed often throughout town. Drugs are a serious problem here, and you can often find bums passed out under the old buildings.

Population

• -- City (0) - Dated census
• -- Urban (0) - Dated census
• -- Metro Area (0) - Dated census

Attractions

• Statue of Eumachia -- Eumachia was the public priestess of in Pompeii during the middle of the 1st century AD as well as the matron of the Concordia Augustus. The Concordia Augustus was an imperial cult initiated by Livia, widow of Augustus, dedicated to the Divus Augustus, the deified emperor Augustus.

Holy Ground

• Tempio di Iside (Temple of Isis)

Private Residences

• House of the Faun -- The House of the Faun (Italian: Casa del Fauno), built during the 2nd century BC, was one of the largest and most impressive private residences in Pompeii, Italy, and housed many great pieces of art. It is one of the most luxurious aristocratic houses from the Roman republic, and reflects this period better than most archaeological evidence found even in Rome itself.

• House of Julia Felix -- The House of Julia Felix is a large Roman villa in the ruined city of Pompeii. It was the residence of Julia Felix, who converted portions of it to apartments after a major earthquake in 62 CE, a precursor to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE that destroyed the city. Archaeological excavations began in 1755 and continue to this day. As the residence of multiple family units, it is an invaluable resource for providing insights into the daily lives of the people of Pompeii.

• The Villa of the Mysteries -- The Villa of the Mysteries (Italian: Villa dei Misteri) is a well-preserved suburban Roman villa on the outskirts of Pompeii, southern Italy, famous for the series of frescos in one room, which are usually thought to show the initiation of a young woman into a Greco-Roman mystery cult. These are now probably the best known of the relatively rare survivals of Ancient Roman painting. Like the rest of the Roman city of Pompeii, the villa was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 and excavated from 1909 onwards (long after much of the main city). It is now a popular part of tourist visits to Pompeii, and forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Pompeii.

• House of Loreius Tiburtinus -- The House of Loreius Tiburtinus (Also called the House of Octavius Quartio) is renowned for its meticulous and well-preserved artwork as well as its large gardens. It is located in the Roman city of Pompeii. It, along with the rest of Pompeii was preserved by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD.

• House of the Vettii -- In Pompeii one of the most famous of the luxurious residences (domus) is the so-called House of the Vettii, preserved like the rest of the Roman city by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful freedmen: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Its careful excavation has preserved almost all of the wall frescoes, which were completed following the earthquake of 62 AD, in the manner art historians term the "Pompeiian Fourth Style."

Ruins

• Amphitheatre of Pompeii
• Forum at Pompeii
• Lupanare
• Quadriportico dei Teatrico
• Teatro Grande- Scavi
• Tempio de Apollo
• Tempio de Iside
• Tempio di Capitoline Triad

Supernaturals of Pompeii

• Changing Breeds of Pompeii
• Magi of Pompeii

Theaters

• -- The Odeion

Transportation

• -- Porta Marina -- Porta Marina, at night. Of all the gates of Pompeii, this was the closest to the sea. The port of the city may still lie buried a short distance from here, ...

Vampires of the City

• -- Yanna Pietrina Capello

Websites

http://unchartedruins.blogspot.com/2014_02_01_archive.html
https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/the-city-gates