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