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Early Roman Empire

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One Town, Unequal Lives: What Pompeii Can Tell Us About Rome

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A courtyard could be a place to relax or a place to work. Pompeii reveals how ordinary activities connected people whose freedoms were far from equal—and why one town cannot tell the whole Roman story.

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Ash, Earthquakes and Escape: Pompeii’s Eruption in 79 CE

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Pompeii was not destroyed in one instant. As pumice accumulated, buildings failed and ash-rich currents arrived, the danger changed. Letters and buried layers reveal the sequence—and its limits.

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No Vote, Still a Voice: Women and Elections in Pompeii

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Asellina’s name appeared beneath a candidate’s on a Pompeian wall. She could not cast a vote, but her recommendation belonged to the campaign. What kind of political voice did that make possible?

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Eumachia of Pompeii: A Woman’s Power Written in Stone

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A woman’s name on Pompeii’s Forum was more than a signature. Eumachia’s inscriptions and statue reveal how money, religion and public honour could make a life visible.

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Pompeii’s Houses: Where Home, Work and Status Met

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A garden could impress guests. An atrium could become a washing basin. Follow three Pompeian properties to see how home, work and status shared the same streets.

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