the inhabitants of Herculaneum

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• Herculaneum — Herculanean, Herculanensian /herr kyeuh leuh nen sheuhn, see euhn/, adj. /herr kyeuh lay nee euhm/, n. an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79; partially excavated …   Universalium

• Herculaneum — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata infoboxwidth= 250px State Party = ITA Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, iv, v ID = 829 Region = Europe and North America Year = 1997 Session =… …   Wikipedia

• Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum — Ancient Herculaneum (bottom), modern Ercolano (center), and Vesuvius (top) Pompeii and Herculaneum were once thriving towns in the Bay of Naples. Though both cities have rich histories influenced by Greeks, Oscans, Etruscans, Samnites and finally …   Wikipedia

• Decline of the Roman Empire — This article is about the historiography of the decline of the Roman Empire. For a description of events, see Roman Empire. For the book by Edward Gibbon, see The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. For the film, see The Fall of… …   Wikipedia

• Pompeian Styles — The Pompeian Styles are four periods which are distinguished in ancient Roman mural painting. They were originally delineated and described by the German archaeologist August Mau in excavating wall paintings at Pompeii, by far the largest group… …   Wikipedia

• Pompeii — /pom pay , pay ee/, n. an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: it was buried along with Herculaneum by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79; much of the city has been excavated. * * * Ancient city, southern Italy, southeast… …   Universalium

• Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pompeii — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata infoboxwidth= 250px State Party = ITA Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, iv, v ID = 829 Region = Europe and North America Coordinates =… …   Wikipedia

• Stabiae — ▪ ancient city, Italy ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the coast at the eastern end of the Bay of Naples (Naples, Bay of). It was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (Vesuvius) in AD 79. The modern city on the site is Castellammare di… …   Universalium

• Stabiae — ash.Originally a small port, by the 6th century BC Stabiae had already been overshadowed by the much larger port at Pompeii. The town was destroyed by Lucius Cornelius Sulla on 30 April 89 BC during the Social War, a revolt by many of Rome s… …   Wikipedia

• Ercolano — Infobox CityIT img coa = Ercolano Stemma.gif official name = Comune di Ercolano region = Campania province = Naples (NA) elevation m = 44 area total km2 = 19 population as of = December 31, 2004 population total = 55637 population density km2 =… …   Wikipedia