Plans and Streetscapes of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Plans and Streetscapes of Pompeii and Herculaneum
  1. Area of Pompeii -> 66 hectares (small)
    1. 4 main areas: forum, Region VI, eastern area, insulae in front of Via Stabiana
    2. Heavy Greek influence
      1. streets narrow
        1. streets divided city into blocks (insulae)
        2. Streets
          1. raised footpaths
            1. Pompeii -> 5m wide
              1. Herculaneum -> 2.5m - 7m wide
                1. Heavy traffic in P -> grooves in roads
                2. Defenses
                  1. P -> defensive walls
                    1. P's 2 main gates -> 'Herculaneum' and 'Marine'
                    2. Streets
                      1. Via dell' Abondanza -> main street -> street of abundance
                        1. Decumani -> streets that ran from east to west
                          1. Cardines -> streest that ran from north to sourth
                            1. Via -> highway
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