MEDIEVAL ERA

(BETWEEN 5TH TO 15TH CENTURY)

CITY - POMPEII

SAMEER HARHARE 1ST SEM M.ARCH

 MEDIEVAL ERA STRATED AFTER THE DECLINE OF ROMAN EMPIRE.
• IT IS THE PERIOD BETWEEN DECLINE OF ROMAN EMPIRE AND STRATING OF RENESSANCE .
ESTERN CHURCH - GREEK LAWS
WESTERN CHURCH - ROMAN LAWS
• BYZANTINE BECOME CAPITAL OF ESTERN ROME.
• ROME,CONSTANTINOPLE,JERUSALEM ARE SOME OF THE CONTROLLERS.

SOCIAL BACKGROUND
• MANY PEOPLE STARTED FOLLWING CHRISTIANITY.
• THE POWER OF CHURCH IS GETTING INCREASED BY ALSO KING WICH
SUPPORTS CHURCH.

ECONOMICAL BACKGROUND
• MERCHANT CLASS STARTED IMERGING.
• ECONOMIC STRENGTH CAME INTO THESE MIDDLE CLASS MERCHANTS.
• AGRICULTURAL

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POMPEII :
• IT IS THE EXAMPLE OF ROMAN PLANNING.
• POMPEII WAS FOUND AS A GREEK COLONIAL CITY IN EARLY SIXTH CENTURY B.C

LOCATIONAL BACKGROUND :
• POMPEII WELL SITUATED IN AN AREA ALONGSIDE THE BAY OF NAPLES
WHICH WAS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND RICHLY FERTILE.

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ompeii BASEMAP Source: History of Urban Form, A.E.J. Morris
SOCIAL BACKGROUND
• THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN ANCIENT ROME WAS HIGHLY SEGREGATED BETWEEN THE UPPER CLASS (ROYALS,
POLITICIANS, MILITARY, AND THE WEALTHY) AND THE LOWER CLASS (POOR CITIZENS AND SLAVES).
• SENETOR SERVED POLITICAL OFFICE UNDER THE EMPEROR. MILITARY MAN CALLED AS EQUESTRIANS.
• THEY DONE THEIR PLANNING LIKE THAT ONLY.

ECONOMIC BACKGROUND
• DESPITE THE CITY'S FERTILE INDUSTRIES, POMPEII
ACTUALLY IMPORTED MORE GOODS THAN IT EXPORTED.
• POMPEII, AN ABUNDANT SEA PORT, WELCOMED
• TRADERS FROM ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN
WITH WINE, POTTERY,

POLITICAL BACKGROUND
• BY MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY WE UNDERSTAND THE
MEDIEVAL WRITINGS ON POLITICS THAT ARE RECOGNIZABLY
AKIN TO THE
URBAN FORMS OF MEDIEVAL ERA
• MODERN WRITINGS WE CLASS AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
SOURCE : Source: History of Urban Form, A.E.J. Morris
 COLONADES
• DETAIL PLAN OF HOUSING SITUATED WESTERN CORNER OF THE CITY.
• THEY LOOK INSIDE WITH ALL ROOMS OPENS IN COURTYARDS.

MEDIEVAL URBAN FORMS

• THE WALL (FORTIFICATION)
• THE STREET
• MARKET PLACES
• CHURCH SPACES

THESE ARE THE URBAN FORMS WHICH WAS THERE IN

POMPEII.

SOURCE : Source: History of Urban Form, A.E.J. Morris

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