pompeii Archives –

Pompeii, Rome / By ancientblogger

I hope you enjoyed the discussion and the insight Jess was able to give. Jessica Venner is an AHRC-M3C funded Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham studying Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology. Her thesis is on the subject of subsistence and commercial food cultivation in the urban gardens of Pompeii. Jessica previously undertook an …

Gardens in Pompeii. Podcast episode shownotes. Read More »

Pompeii / By ancientblogger

Recently Jessica Venner (@missjlvenner) tweeted about gardens in Pompeii and this included a fantastic image you can see below. The photo shows a replanted garden in Pompeii with Vesuvius looming beyond. Much of Pompeii is couched in what was unearthed and discovered. The gardens, however, allow us to see Pompeii from another perspective. Venner has …

Pompeii – the return of gardens. Read More »

Pompeii / By ancientblogger

Prior to AD 79. Vesuvius had been a threat to those living near it much earlier than those at Pompeii and Herculaneum would later bear witness to. The Avellino eruption, dating to 2,000 – 1,500 BC had buried local bronze age settlements and this eruption surpassed the brutality of the later famous one. It has …

Pompeii. Before, during and after. Read More »