The visit to the ruins of Pompeii requires an adequate time: we have to imagine to go into a real town where, somehow, everything is interesting. In Pompeii we are in a context where everything tells us something, everything is original, everything is authentic. Of course, a visit to the Forum, the monuments, the most
Read more →Life in Pompeii ran normal, quiet, no one imagined the terrible eruption of Vesuvius that would lead to the destruction of Pompeii. All the activity was intense, the city was active and carefree in that October 79 AD, while Roman Emperor Titus conducted his government (Svetonio calls it “love and delight of mankind”) after conquered
Read more →The extraordinary occasion that the visitor of Pompeii lives is to directly know the story of Pompeii, not through books, but with his direct experience. The chance to see a town of two thousand years ago stood still for centuries in all its activities, public and private ones, the rich and the poor’s ones, men
Read more →Great part of the city of Pompeii consists of private houses, so you can see in detail all kinds of Roman houses that made up the residence of Pompeian and representing not only different classes (rich homes and houses for common people), but also different building types built across the time that are very different.
Read more →In Pompeii you lived well: there were some opportunities for fun and entertainment,as the shows with gladiators. Gladiators The wealthiest citizens, seeking consensus for political office, organized the ludi, the games, which were those of the Circus (ie chariot races like in the movie Ben Hur), or the theater, or in the Amphitheatre, which was
Read more →Pompeii was certainly a rich city and the visit of the excavations testifies both the wealth of the inhabitants -deductible from homes, from jewelry, furnishings, frescoes- and the amount of space for economic activities and the ancient jobs made. Soil fertility around the city, due to previous eruptions that had created a very suitable land
Read more →La Storia degli scavi di Pompei è affascinante come la storia della città antica e ha contribuito alla fama del sito per il carattere avventuroso della scoperta nelle diverse fasi. Dopo la terribile catastrofe poco si poté fare per recuperare i beni e le persone, per cui l’area fu abbandonata e presto si persero le
Read more →The visit to the ruins of Pompeii requires an adequate time: we have to imagine to go into a real town where, somehow, everything is interesting. In Pompeii we are in a context where everything tells us something, everything is original, everything is authentic. Of course, a visit to the Forum, the monuments, the most
Great part of the city of Pompeii consists of private houses, so you can see in detail all kinds of Roman houses that made up the residence of Pompeian and representing not only different classes (rich homes and houses for common people), but also different building types built across the time that are very different.
In Pompeii you lived well: there were some opportunities for fun and entertainment,as the shows with gladiators. Gladiators The wealthiest citizens, seeking consensus for political office, organized the ludi, the games, which were those of the Circus (ie chariot races like in the movie Ben Hur), or the theater, or in the Amphitheatre, which was
Life in Pompeii ran normal, quiet, no one imagined the terrible eruption of Vesuvius that would lead to the destruction of Pompeii. All the activity was intense, the city was active and carefree in that October 79 AD, while Roman Emperor Titus conducted his government (Svetonio calls it “love and delight of mankind”) after conquered
