Household Genius wearing a toga

Pompeii and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Use this feature to understand the lives of people in Southern Italy before, during, and after the famous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE, as well as learn how it inspired Neoclassicism.

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Roman poet Virgil born

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October 15, 70 BCE
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EDSITEment feature: National Poetry Month
American Academy of Poets - Virgil

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    Launchpad: Exploring Arthurian Legend

    Exploring Arthurian Legend

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman & author, is born (BCE)

    Submitted by edsite.admin on July 7, 2010 - 2:03pm
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    January 3, 106 BCE
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    Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and author of Meditations, is born

    Submitted by edsite.admin on June 22, 2010 - 3:56pm
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    April 26, 121
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    In Old Pompeii
    Related Links: 
    MET Heilbrunn Timeline: Portrait head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
    Internet History Source book: The Meditations
    Minoan prince on mural painting

    Was This Atlantis?

    The PBS series Secrets of the Dead aired "Sinking Atlantis," about the Minoan civilization that is the original source of the Atlantis legend. One theory is that the final blow to a declining Minoan civilization was a volcanic eruption, as happened with Roman Pompeii. EDSITEment has a lesson plan on Pompeii, and another one on Greek Mythology, a period contemporaneous with the Minoans. Study other Minoan contemporaries with the lesson plans on Egypt’s Pyramids, and Ancient Mesopotamia, and view Minoan artifacts from the EDSITEment-reviewed Timeline of Art History.

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  • Lesson 4: The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and Us

    Created May 9, 2007
    The history of the development of the Western world's alphabets is long and colorful.

    The purpose of this lesson is to consolidate the knowledge gained in the three previous lessons: Lesson One: The Phoenicians and the Beginnings of the Alphabet Lesson Two: The Greek Alphabet: more familiar than you think! Lesson Three: The Alphabet: The Roman Alphabet is our Alphabet

  • Lesson 3: The Roman Alphabet is our Alphabet

    The Romans used the first version of the modern western alphabet.

    The Romans developed the alphabet we still use today. In this lesson we will introduce the Romans and ask how their alphabet got to us.

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