Pompeii Health, Water Supply And Sanitation

1. Since water was of great important to the fullers, they had to have their establishments near sources and needed guaranteed water-rights. And as with water a sure supply of urine was a prime concern. So that it might not go to waste, the fullers set out jars in the street outside their shops as a public convenience, thereby collecting some of their supply free of charge.

Fullers needed urine to

Wash cloth

Clean out water tanks

Use on wounds

Dry cloth

About This Quiz

In the study of history, people are very familiar with the destruction of Pompeii and its people by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, however not much is known of life there before the fact. What do you know about it?

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2. "The human skeletal remains from the sites destroyed by Mt Vesuvius appear to reflect a random sample of normally distributed population. This means that the sample of victims is not skewed towards any particular sector of the population."
Estelle Lazer: Victims of the cataclysm

From this we can conclude:

That Estelle Lazer did not investigate the skeletal material carefully enough

That more people died in Pompeii than Herculaneum

3. In Pompeii water was supplied to:

42 public fountains, latrines, the baths and private homes

142 public fountains, latrines, the baths and private homes

Only to public fountains

Only to public fountains and latrines, bath houses and private homes always had to provide their own water.

4. Bisel "...concluded that most people in the Herculaeum sample had not relied on mammals or birds for their main protein source. Instead they probably relied on vegetables, seafood or a combination of the two"
Estelle Lazer: Victims of the cataclysm

From this evidence we can conclude that:

The inhabitants of Herculaeum did not have access to mammals and birds

The inhabitants of Herculaeum mainly ate bread

The inhabitants of Herculaneum did not have a healthy and varied diet

The inhabitants of Herculaneum had a healthy and varied diet