500 BCE – 500 CE

Classical sites in Europe

2 Classical sites in Europe: Acropolis of Athens and Pompeii. Empires that linked continents: Greece, Rome, Gandhara, Qin China and the Nabataeans.

Classical elsewhere: Asia (4) North America (1)

Greece · 5th c. BCE

Temples built under Pericles that became a symbol of classical Greece.

Italy · destroyed 79 CE

Streets, houses, shops and graffiti preserved under volcanic ash in 79 CE.

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