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The Pompeii Forum Project. Michael Trachy. Overview of the Pompeii Forum Project. Why s tudy the Pompeian Forum?. Forum Location. Buildings of the Pompeii Forum. Early Theories about the Pompeii Forum. Archaic Primordial town- “the Altstadt ” The Tufa Period
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The Pompeii Forum Project Michael Trachy
Early Theories about the Pompeii Forum • Archaic Primordial town- “the Altstadt” • The Tufa Period • Mau (1903), Maiuri (1942), Zanker (1976), Kockel (2008), Pesando (2006), Coarelli (2006)
Sullan Phase • Political upheaval following Social War (90-88BC) • Pompeii becomes logical choice for Sulla’s new administrative center • Transformation into a more distinctly Roman town
The Basilica Comitium
Porticus of Popidius • Possible reconstruction in front of The Eumachia Building and The Sanctuary of Augustus
Large blocks cleanly cut • Smaller stones, less neatly placed than in the original construction
Sanctuary of Apollo • Paul Arthur (1980) – 6th century Greek Terracotta • Large ditch east of building with votive deposits from the second century BC marks original foundation and signals reduction of boundaries for the Porticus • Dobbins (1997)- examination of the intersection of the northwestern corner of sanctuary with the existing street
Sanctuary of Apollo • Inscription from approx. 10 BC found in the Sanctuary • Council granted this structure to authority to construct a wall that block the light from going into adjacent houses
Streets altered from gradual, systematic development of the Forum