What is the Latin name for residential complexes (rows of adjoining houses)?
Insulae
Why did Pompeii have so many fountains?
Drinking water supplies
What was the hole in the roof of a Roman house used for?
Collecting water for drinking and washing
How many spectators could the theatre at Pompeii hold?
5000
Who wrote the only surviving witness account of the eruption of Vesuvius? Pliny the .........?
Pliny the Younger
What was the name of the tool that stripped oil from bodies in the Roman Baths?
Strygil
“Cave Canem” means?
beware the dog
What was the approximate population of Pompeii around 79AD?
20.000
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 79AD?
Vesuvius