Water, Wealth, and Social Status at Pompeii: The House of the Vestals in the First Century

Jones, R. F. J.; Robinson, Damian

doi:10.3764/aja.109.4.695

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“…More realistic appears the 27 B.C. suggested by Ohlig (2001) in Jones and Robinson (2005), as a possible arrival of pressurized water from the new Serino aqueduct as a branch of the Campanian aqueduct system. For a long time, up to 1938, the Serino aqueduct was usually reported as the Claudius aqueduct, being retained that it was realized in the Claudius period (41 -54 A.C.).…”

Section: Chronologymentioning

confidence: 91%

Historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: twenty centuries of works from Serino to Naples

Feo

Napoli

2007

Water Supply

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct Serino-Naples-Miseno in the Campania Region, in Southern Italy. The Serino aqueduct is not well known because there are no remains of spectacular bridges, but it was a masterpiece of engineering and one of the largest aqueduct systems in the whole Roman Empire. The Serino aqueduct was constructed during the Augustus period of the Roman Empire, probably between 33 and 12 BC when Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was curator aquarum in Rome, principally in order to refurnish the Roman fleet of Misenum and secondarily to supply water for the increasing demand of the important commercial harbour of Puteoli as well as drinking water for big cities such as Cumae and Neapolis. The main channel of the Serino aqueduct was approximately 96 km long, and had 7 main branches to towns along its trace such as Nola, Pompeii, Acerra, Herculaneum, Atella, Pausillipon, Nisida, Puteoli, Cumae and Baiae. Since the total length of all the branches was approximately 49 km, the Serino aqueduct complex had a length of around 145 km and therefore it should be considered the largest aqueduct system in the Roman world.

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Section: Chronologymentioning

confidence: 91%

Historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: twenty centuries of works from Serino to Naples

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Napoli

2007

Water Supply

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“…Waterscapes defined islands beside Romano-British towns, as well as boundaries around them, and pools within them (Rogers 2012). Social control of water within Pompeii saw fountains used to construct urban sub-identities (Laurence 2006: 45ff) and to redefine the use of space within elite domestic settings (Jones and Robinson 2005).…”

Section: The Supply Of Water In the Roman World: Current Approaches Tmentioning

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The Limitation of Water Flow and the Limitations of Postmodernism

Roskams

2019

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal

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This article critically evaluates how far the interpretation of archaeological evidence has been aided by the recent 'materialist turn' in social theory. This perspective, linked to the work of Bruno Latour, argues that we should give agency to not only humans but also to cultural objects and environmental processes. It thus increasingly influences archaeological interpretation. By considering how water supply has been theorised in the Roman World, then setting such theories against evidence for two wells from a landscape near York, I argue that we should retain a distinction between human agents and natural processes. The implication is that Latour's stance, by failing to provide a social context for interaction between culture and nature, is problematic for archaeological understanding. In contrast, I suggest, Marxist analytical tools provide a more vibrant way forward in explaining both past developments and present climate crises.

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“…The position of the insula also provides a third fixed historical point. In 89 BC the Roman army of Lucius Cornelius Sulla besieged 4 Articles published about the excavations while they were ongoing include Jones and Robinson, 2004;2005a;2005b; There are final publications of the coins and the botanical evidence, and both of those works include summaries of the stratigraphic narrative: see Hobbs, 2013: 68-75 andMurphy, 2015: 15-24. The full dataset for the counters and information about other categories of finds from the insula mentioned in this paper will appear in Cool,forthcoming.…”

Section: Insula Vi1 Pompeii and Its Datingmentioning

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Recreation or Decoration: What Were the Glass Counters From Pompeii Used For?

Cool¹

2016

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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This paper considers the small glass objects often called counters, which are common finds at Pompeii, and normally thought to have been used in playing games. An assemblage of over 500 stratigraphically dated examples from Insula VI.1 are examined, and the colour and size of this group are compared to a dataset of first-century AD glass counters found in graves where they can be shown with certainty to be part of gaming sets. The comparisons show that the bulk of the Pompeii counters are very unlikely to have been used in gaming, a conclusion that is supported by the types of counters that would have been necessary to play games such as ludus latrunculorum and ludus duodecim scriptorum. Other functions are considered and it is suggested that many of the Pompeiian counters might have been used for interior decoration. The rise of a specialist production of counters that could have been used in gaming is demonstrated, and it is suggested this might have implications for the development of craft specialization and demonstrate the rise of leisure time in the first century AD.Questo articolo esamina i piccoli oggetti di vetro spesso chiamati 'pedine', ritrovamenti comuni a Pompei e che generalmente si pensa che fossero usati in relazione all'attività ludica. Viene esaminato un insieme di più di 500 esemplari dalla Insula VI.1, datati su base stratigrafica, e il colore e la dimensione di questo gruppo vengono paragonati a quelli di un insieme di 'pedine' vitree risalenti al I sec. d.C., rinvenuti in tombe e di cui è certo l'utilizzo come parti di set da gioco. Il paragone mostra come la maggior parte delle 'pedine' da Pompei difficilmente sia stata utilizzata in relazione ad attività ludiche. Questa conclusione è supportata da un'analisi che tiene conto dei tipi di pedine che sarebbero stati necessari per giochi come il ludus latrunculorum e il ludus duodecim scriptorum. Si prendono quindi in considerazione altre possibili funzioni e si suggerisce come molte delle 'pedine' da Pompei fossero utilizzate per decorazioni d'interni. Nell'articolo viene inoltre evidenziato lo sviluppo di una produzione specialistica di 'pedine' utilizzabili nelle attività ludiche e si suggerisce come ciò abbia potuto avere implicazioni nello sviluppo della specializzazione delle tecniche artigianali e dimostra l'aumento della disponibilità di 'tempo libero' nel I sec. d.C.

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Water, Wealth, and Social Status at Pompeii: The House of the Vestals in the First Century

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: twenty centuries of works from Serino to Naples

Historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: twenty centuries of works from Serino to Naples

The Limitation of Water Flow and the Limitations of Postmodernism

Recreation or Decoration: What Were the Glass Counters From Pompeii Used For?

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