Pompeii: Some primary sources for pompeii and descriptions of thier purpose. On funeral and burial practices

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Temple of Jupiter At the northern side of the Forum is the Temple of Jupiter. Built in 150 B.C it was Pompeii's main temple. A Capitolium in structure and in pure Italic style, the temple was constructed on a high base, with a double flight of stairs at its front. Inside the temple lay the "cella", accessible only to the priests, and which contained three stands at its far end. Theses stands were occupied by …

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…a cultural context for roman children. The problems with this source is it is one mans opinion and can be found bias towards the Roman society and it also might have been misinterpreted because the book was found 32 years after his death. This book would be a great would be very useful to find out religious and burial practices he writes lots about these things it would be quite reliable but can be found bias.