#stabia

[ancientcharm]

I love these ancient Roman frescoes in Pompeii and Stabiae because they showing villas and landscapes of the area

@ancientcharm

[michael-svetbird]

: • DIANA & ACTEON: Stucco and Fresco 1 AD. From Villa San Marco in Stabiae http://pompeiisites.org/en/stabiae . Exhibited [2022] in Palestra Grande, Regio II, Pompeii Archaeological Park | PAP @pompeii_parco_archeologico http://pompeiisites.org . PAP | Phs©msp | 10|22 5800X4100 600 [i.,ii.] The photographed object is the property of PAP and subject to the Museum copyright. [no commercial use | sorry for the watermarks] . 📸 Part of the "Mythology-inspired Small Format Sculpture & Miniature Artefacts" MSP Online Photo-gallery: . • D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/69450077/small-format-sculpture-and-miniature-artifacts . • FB | Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.859777984390780&type=3 . . #pompeii #pompei #pompeiscavi #archaeologicalpark #parcoarcheologico #stabiae #stabia #excavations #palestragrande #archaeologicalmuseum #archaeology #archeologia #ancientpompeii #arthistory #heritage #museology #mythology #ancient #archaeologyart #ancientart #fresco #frescoes #stucco #relief #diana #goddess #goddessdiana #museumphotography #archaeologyphotography #michaelsvetbird ©msp @michael_svetbird | @pompeii_parco_archeologico 10|22 (at Pompeii - Parco Archeologico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm1tAW1IveJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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PRIMA PAGINA Il Mattino di Oggi martedì, 10 dicembre 2024

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ARCHEOLOGIA / Full immersion nella storia: ecco la "Grande Pompei", un parco diffuso per visitare la città vesuviana, Boscoreale, Oplontis e Stabia

Tutte le aree archeologiche saranno collegate con una navetta gratuita e visitabili con un unico biglietto valido 3 giorni. Riaprono anche le ville di Stabia e l'Antiquarium di Boscoreale.

Tutte le aree archeologiche saranno collegate con una navetta gratuita e visitabili con un unico biglietto valido 3 giorni. Riaprono anche le ville di Stabia e l’Antiquarium di Boscoreale. Ed eccola, finalmente, la Grande Pompei. Un parco diffuso di cui fanno parte le aree archeologiche di Pompei, Boscoreale, Oplontis e Stabia e tutto il territorio circostante.  Un unico biglietto, valido per…

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Villa San Marco, il racconto

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A fresco of a young girl

First century A. D.

Villa San Marco, Stabiae

Image Taken From https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/23/arts/0725-conw_4.html and Foto Archivio N. Longobardi

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[uncleclaudius]

Top: Mosaic of the street musicians, from the so-called Villa of Cicero, located outside Herculaneum.

Bottom: Fresco of the same scene, from a villa in Stabiae, several kilometres to the south.

It is believed that both are copies of some previous Greek artwork.

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La Città ~ Marina di Stabia

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Luigi Nono (Italian, 1850-1918)

Castellammare di Stabia

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The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Not only did the volcano destroy the economically powerful city of Pompeii, but Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae were also buried and thus lost to the Roman Empire. The number of victims is unknown, but given the size of the four cities, estimates have reached over 18,000 individuals.  

Today only one first-hand account of this horrific event survives in two letters from Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitus. They are preserved as letters 6.16 and 6.20 in the collected Epistles of Pliny. Among our holdings of the works of Pliny is this 3-volume set of the Epistles with William Melmoth’s 18th-century translation edited by Clifford Herschel Moore, and printed by the Harvard University Press in an edition of 405 copies for members of The Bibliophile Society, Boston, in 1925.

While the term ‘volcanic eruption’ evokes scenes of lava and fire, the reality is much more frightening. Curiously, there is no word for volcano in the Latin language. While ancient Romans were aware of the destructive power of volcanoes, there’s some debate about whether they were aware that Vesuvius was a volcano before its eruption. Signs of the eruption began back in 62CE with a great earthquake that caused much of the city to collapse. Smaller earthquakes continued over the next 15 years until one was accompanied by the rise of a column of smoke from Mt. Vesuvius in October 79 CE. 

The hot gases that made up the column of smoke began to cool, darkening the sky, and not long after a rain of pumice began to fall, and after 15 hours ceilings began to collapse. Nevertheless, many residents chose to take shelter rather than flee. At 4am the first 500C pyroclastic surge barred down the volcano, burying Herculaneum. Six more of these surges occurred before the end of the eruption, destroying Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae. 

The 17-year old Pliny was in the port town of Misenum across the Bay of Naples from the volcano at the time. Pliny’s uncle, Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet at Misenum, launched a rescue mission and went himself to the rescue of a personal friend. The elder Pliny did not survive the attempt. In Pliny the Younger’s first letter to Tacitus, he relates what he could discover from witnesses of his uncle's experiences. In a second letter, he details his own observations after the departure of his uncle.

Mt. Vesuvius is still active and according to volcanologists, erupts about every 2000 years, which would be right about now. Who will be our next Pliny the Younger?

Our copy of The Epistles of Pliny is another gift from our friend and benefactor Jerry Buff.

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– LauraJean, Special Collections Undergraduate Classics Intern

[ancientcharm]

Early in the morning of October 25, 79 (year 832 in ancient Rome), Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, died on the coast of Stabia during the expulsion of the last pyroclastic surge that came out of Vesuvius. The interesting thing is that he is the only writer and military of the ancient world who died due to a natural disaster . Ironically, his passion was the study of nature. Born in 23, spent his childhood and teens during the reign of Tiberius ( 14-37) whom he referred to as "the saddest of men". He praised the emperor Claudius (41-54) saying that "Claudius was one of the best writers of Rome". During the reign of Nero (54-68) Pliny attended the construction of the Domus Aurea, emperor's palace.

Pliny began his military career in Germania. During the reign of Vespasian (December 69-June 79) he was procurator in Gaul and Hispania. Pliny was a close friend of Vespasian who in 77 appointed him Roman Navy Commander, that is why Pliny settled with his family in Misenum on the coast of the Gulf of Naples. He tried to help in the disaster but ended up among the victims of one of the most known and deadly volcanic eruptions in history.

His last book, from his encyclopedia Naturalis Historia (Natural History), Pliny dedicated it to Titus Flavius, who became emperor four months before the tragedy.

Today we know what happened thanks to Pliny the Younger, also a writer, who documented in detail what he saw from Misenum as well as the testimonies he heard from the survivors in Stabia who were with his uncle.

According to Pliny the Younger, his uncle's body was recovered from the beach of Stabia at dawn the following day : "My uncle's body was found intact and just as he was dressed; he seemed asleep rather than dead."

Pliny the Elder is among the most prominent writers of the 1st century, and the only celebrity among the victims of Vesuvius.

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Twin-flamed lamp with bat-shaped reflector; bronze, Roman | Found in the Villa Arianna in Stabiae, south of Pompeii | On display in the Capitoline Museum, from the MANN collections.

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PRIMA PAGINA Giornale Di Brescia di Oggi domenica, 24 novembre 2024

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ARCHEOLOGIA / Stabia, dai nuovi scavi di Villa San Marco il “racconto” delle dinamiche dell’eruzione vesuviana del 79 d.C. [FOTO]

#ARCHEOLOGIA / #Stabia, dai nuovi scavi di Villa San Marco il “racconto” delle dinamiche dell’#eruzione vesuviana del 79 d.C. [#FOTO] Lo scavo rivela architetture e pitture di qualità straordinaria, riflesso del lusso e della raffinatezza della città

Frammenti della decorazione del peristilio (portico colonnato) superiore 2. Foto: ©Parco Archeologico Pompei A Stabia, l’antica città vicino a Pompei divenuta alla fine del I secolo a.C. un luogo di villeggiatura dell’élite romana, proseguono gli scavi. Qui, ancora oggi, sono presenti preziose testimonianze di architetture e pitture di straordinaria qualità, tra cui Villa San Marco. Si tratta di…

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Port of Stabiae

"The whole gulf is quilted by cities, buildings, plantations, so united to each other, that they seem to be a single metropolis." Stabiae