Title: Greco-Roman Music in Context; Bringing Sound and Music to Virtual Pompeii
Description: We are advancing humanities education by learning how to recreate ancient Greek and Roman 
music, and place it in its architectural and cultural context. Specifically, we put new musical 
compositions and existing pieces in our 3D computer graphic model of the Theater District of the 
ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The music is (virtually) located at the grand Theatre, the Temple 
of Athena, and other appropriate locations. This is an important first step towards placing the 
music within its cultural context. The software can run on a desktop, digital dome theaters, or a 
web browser. Our Virtual Theater District of Pompeii is open source and free to the public, along 
with supporting materials. This project was conducted with donated time from leading scholars 
and interns. The current arrangement of music and ambient sound was a student project.
Subjects: music, Rome, Greece, roman, greek, ancient, history, pompeii, greco-roman
Places: Pompeii
Time periods: 70 B.C.-1 B.C.