Dr. Jessica Venner
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first heard Apr 2026
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And that shows us that actually, you know, Isis was a goddess of rebirth.
And I think that's a beautifully poetic thing to do.
And taken from Egypt as well.
Yes.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Yes.
Because they're not prioritizing Roman worship.
temples.
The Temple of Jupiter in the Forum was still out of use at the time of the eruption, but they were like, no, we must prioritize this temple, which is for a goddess who was open to all social strata, slaves upwards.
So she was unique in that way anyway.
So I think it's really important to look at those cracks and you can find what people would prioritize in them.
I'm pinning on a lot of things with Pompeii.
I think that 20,000 is a very, very normal amount for that sort of size of city.
It's usually based on the amphitheater's capacity that would have held a good amount of people.
So it does follow that that should be at least the amount that can fit in an amphitheater.
And then obviously not everyone's going to go to every single game.
And then you've got slaves on top of that.
The slaves are the problem, really, actually, in the calculations of these things.
Sometimes they're discounted too much.
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