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Unit 3: Reconstructing the ancient world (Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum)
Quick questions on Public and private buildings of Pompeii and Herculaneum: reconstructing urban life from QCE Ancient History Unit 3 sources
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The forum at Pompeii was the focal point of public life: a large rectangular open space, originally paved and lined with colonnades, closed to wheeled traffic. Around it clustered the buildings of government, religion and commerce. The Temple of Jupiter (the Capitolium) stood at the north end with Vesuvius behind it. The basilica, on the south-west, served as the law court and business exchange and is one of the oldest such buildings known.
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