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When people began to dig at Pompeii in the 17-1800s, what did people want from the site?
to loot - jewels, statues, works of art, etc.
about how much of Pompeii and Herculaneum have been excavated?
Pomp - 3/5 Herc - less than that
How did scientists make the plaster molds of people, animals, and objects?
found spots where there were holes in the ash and poured liquid resin in that spot to harden
Who was the author who witnessed and wrote about the eruption? What happened to his mother and uncle?
Pliny the Younger; mother got out and survived; uncle died trying to rescue someone
he saw (videt, vīdit, videbat) (AND name tense)
vīdit
Cerberus guards his master (custodivit, custodiebat, custodit)
custodit
subject: timebamus (ego, tu, nos, vos)
nos
subject: scripsī (ego, tu, nos, vos)
ego
subject: scripsistī (ego, tu, nos, vos)
tu
ego ad portum festino. ego ex urbe fugio.
I am hurrying to the city. I am fleeing from the city.
tu villam tuam amīsisti! ego uxorem meam amīsi!
You lost your house! I lost my wife!
Pompeiani erant iratissimi quod Nucerini omnes vias complebant.
Pompeiians were very angry b/c Nucerini were filling all the streets.
ego Metellam et Luciam non invēnī. ego, igitur, ad villam rediī.
ego didn't find M and L. I, therefore, returned to the house.
Cerberus tamen in villa mansit. dominum frustra custodiebat.
Cerberus, however, stayed in the house. He was guarding his master in vain.
subito tremor ingens tabernam delevit. Metella et filia in ruinis iacebant.
suddenly a huge tremor destroyed the tavern. Metella and her daughter were lying in the ruins.
