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Italy, Pompeii - House of the Faun
The House of the Faun was built in the 2nd century BC during the Samnite period (80 BC). There is evidence, most notably in the eastern walls of the tetrastyle atrium, that after the great earthquake in AD 62, the House of the Faun was...
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Italy, Pompeii - Marina gate
Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an...
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Italy, Pompeii Odeon
The Odeon was a smaller roofed theatre, theatrum tectum, that sat 1500 spectators built in 80 BC. The theatre follows the plan of other Roman theatres and odeon structures. Where the Large Theatre was used primarily for staging drama,...
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Italy, Pompeii - Great Theatre
The Large Theatre was built into a natural hill in the second century BC. This theatre sat roughly 4,000 spectators. In the Greek style, the tiered seating extends from the orchestra carved out of the hillside. The Roman influence is...
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Italy, Pompeii - Villa of the Mysteries
The Villa of the Mysteries is a well-preserved suburban Roman villa, famous for the series of frescos in one room, which are usually thought to show the initiation of a young woman into a Greco-Roman mystery cult. These are now probably...
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WRAP Hezbollah blocks roads to enforce strike; cars on fire, clashes
1. Tracking shot of protesters throwing stones and army soldiers pushing them away
2. Mid of protesters being pushed away by soldiers, AUDIO: Gunfire
3. Wide of Army soldiers holding shields
4. Wide of Army soldiers walking towards...
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Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981
Rothmans Air Display, Greece, and England, 1981