Marcus nonius balbus biography of william shakespeare
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Herculaneum (Modern Ercolano)- by
- Carol C. Mattusch
- LAST REVIEWED: 14 April 2011
- LAST MODIFIED: 14 April 2011
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0076
- LAST REVIEWED: 14 April 2011
- LAST MODIFIED: 14 April 2011
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780195389661-0076
Introduction
Herculaneum, named after the mythical hero Hercules, was a town of perhaps five thousand inhabitants, alongside of which were vacation homes situated on a promontory that, according to Strabo (Geography 5.4.8), caught the sea-breezes and made Herculaneum a desirable place to live. Today Herculaneum is not nearly as well known as Pompeii and is far less frequently visited, even though Herculaneum was the first Roman site on the Bay of Naples to be officially excavated. The discovery of the theater and the identification of the site sparked a great deal of public interest, and the 18th-century catalogue of finds from all of the sites around the Bay of Naples bore its name, Delle antichità di Ercolano. Buildings of particular interest on the site are the Suburban Baths, recently restored, the House of the Relief of Telephus, House of the Stags, the Samnite House, the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, several shops and tavernae, the College of the Augustales near the northwest corner of the site, and beyond it the Porticus (formerly known as the Basilica and currently under excavation) and the magnificent nor
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People/Characters William Shakespeare
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The Books wages the Holiday home of rendering Papyri
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