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Volume 104 No. 4
October 2000
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The Sanctuary of Apollo at Pompeii: Reconsidering Chronologies and Excavation History
Maureen Carroll and David Godden
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| Trench 1, view from the east |
Two trenches were excavated in the courtyard of the Sanctuary of Apollo at Pompeii to determine whether the precinct was planted as a temple garden and to explore the stratigraphic sequence of activities predating the eruption in A.D. 79. In addition to evidence suggesting the existence of plantings, the stratigraphy and finds indicate that cisterns in front of the temple were demolished and the courtyard restructured in the late first century B.C. These results support the recently recovered evidence for a major redevelopment of the sanctuary in the Augustan period. Severe damage to the sanctuary at a later date is reflected in the collapse of the eastern colonnade into the courtyard. The earthquake of 62 may have been responsible for the damage, with the debris not yet cleared when Vesuvius erupted in 79.
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