Tag Archives: Dipinti

Grand Theft Pompeii

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

Just off Pompeii’s principal street, the so-called Via dell’Abbondanza (‘Street of Abundance’), painted onto a pilaster between two doorways, the following (somewhat fragmentary) inscription was discovered (CIL IV 64): Vrna aenia pereit de taberna. Sei quis rettulerit dabuntur HS LXV, … Continue reading →

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Lecture: ‘Aufidius was here. (Really? And where exactly?)’

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Peter Kruschwitz

Today I had the great pleasure to open the ‘Pompeii: The Present and Future of Vesuvian Research‘ seminar series at the University of Leeds, organised by Dr Virginia Campbell and Dr Rick Jones. A video of my lecture is now … Continue reading →

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