Outstanding Discovery At Pompeii | The Romans Were Geniuses
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“Pompaia, on the River Sarnus - a river which both takes the cargoes inland and sends them out
to sea - is the port-town of Nola, Nuceria, and Acherrae”
Strabone, Geografia, IV, 8
Contents of this video
Intro
1 - Factors in the Establishment of Pompeii
2 - Volcanic Proximity: Risk-Benefit Analysis in Ancient Urban Planning
3 - Cataclysmic Tephrochronology: The Vesuvian Eruption of 79 AD
4 - Contemporary Perspectival Narratives of the Vesuvian Catastrophe
5 - Taphonomic Processes and Anthropogenic Preservation in Pyroclastic Contexts
6 - Historiographical Analysis of Settlement Patterns in Antiquity
7 - Etruscan Cultural Diffusion and its Impact on Campanian Urbanism
8 - Theological Implications and Ritualistic Practices in Pre-Eruption Pompeii
9 - Sociocultural Heterogeneity in a Roman Colonial Context
Conclusion
1 - Factors in the Establishment of Pompeii
Let's begin by well what we know. How did it all start?
Like many cities of the classical world, Pompeii also has its founding myth: according to Servius,
the city was supposedly founded by none other than the demigod Hercules, and its name would
have originated from "a Pompa Herculis," meaning "from the triumph of Hercules." However, the
most recent archaeological discoveries confirm a foundation dating back to around the 8th century
BC by the Oscan people, an Italic tribe, corroborating what Strabo reported in his "Geography."
The Oscans were part of the large linguistic family of Umbro-Sabellian or Osco-Umbrian peoples,
distinct from the Latins, who probably arrived in Italy in the 12th century BC. While some
Hellenists have proposed that the etymology of Pompeii should be sought in the Greek Πεμπo
(Pempo), meaning "to send," due to the thriving commercial activity, the original linguistic root is
likely this Oscan word "pumpè," from which comes the archaic name Pumpàiia.
The Oscan "pumpè," analogous to the Greek "penta" and Latin "quinque," means "five," and most
likely refers to a proto-urban reality formed by the progressive fusion of five distinct residential
centers, five small Oscan villages that were scattered on the southern slopes of mount Vesuvius,
next to the course of the Sarno river.
2. Natural resources: Volcanic areas often provide access to valuable resources like obsidian,
sulfur, and various minerals used in ancient crafts and trade.
3. Lack of geological understanding: Ancient people didn't fully understand the mechanisms of
volcanic eruptions or their potential for catastrophic destruction. The last major eruption of
Vesuvius before 79 AD was likely prehistoric, so there was no living memory of its danger.
4. Infrequent eruptions: Many volcanoes, including Vesuvius, can remain dormant for long
periods. This can create a false sense of security among nearby populations.
5. Strategic location: Pompeii was located in a prime spot for trade, with access to the sea and
inland routes. The benefits of this location may have outweighed perceived risks.
6. Religious and cultural significance: Volcanoes were often seen as sacred in ancient cultures,
associated with deities or supernatural forces. This could make living near them culturally
desirable.
7. Limited mobility: Ancient societies were less mobile than modern ones. Once established, it
was difficult to relocate entire cities, even if dangers became apparent.
8. Economic investments: As cities grew and prospered, the economic and social costs of
abandoning them became increasingly high.
9. Adaptation and mitigation: Over time, societies living near volcanoes often developed
strategies to cope with minor volcanic activity, like earthquakes or ash falls.
10.Lack of alternatives: In some regions, volcanic areas might have been among the best
available locations for settlement, despite the risks.
It's worth noting that while the destruction of Pompeii was catastrophic, the city had thrived for
centuries before the eruption of 79 AD. From the perspective of the ancient inhabitants, the benefits
of their location likely seemed to outweigh the potential for a disaster that might never occur in
their lifetimes.
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Could you do if possible "History Behind Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 - Medieval History" by Kings and Generals?
Come on, you being a Rome aficionado, you don't know the word hypocaust i.e. the system used in heated roman floors and walls? Been in the know about those for years, mostly thanks to the Brit TV show Time Team.
I think you hit the nail on the head, articles written by AI and then pasted around everywhere, it's called dead internet theory.
No very genius at their volcano evacuation system. 😏
Roman bathhouses were a masterwork of engineering with many having radiant floor and wall heating in addition to hot and cold running water.
The Roman chimney, alone, is marvelous. Functional air conditioning based on convection.
@@robertbeisert3315 the persians had already made chimney like those before the Romans.
The Romans had many engineering advances. It's not just amazing that they had them so long ago but that so much was lost into the middle ages.
I thought the Africans taught Europeans how to bath? This must be false
people will move mountains to coom
"In Italy it's always complicated" this is the truest statement of the video 🤣
They are also on purpose not digging too quickly. The idea being that it is good to have some undiscovered areas in lets say 20, 30, 40 years, because by then archeologists may have better techniques allowing them to gather more interesting data from these areas. Its a marathon, not a sprint :)
Plus you need to take the time to conserve it. Doing it too fast will cause a lot of it to be destroyed by the elements. They are having a hard time preserving what is already uncovered
The Bakery & Laundry likely served the public, facing out into the streets. It was normal in Pompeii to have shops attached to houses.
That sounds more likely, yeah.
Not just pompeii, most roman settlements actually. Especially the smaller ones which often only had one dominant type of building, combining working and living areas.
A baker and a launderer wouldn't own a villa that massive, makes more sense to me that it was some kind of Hotel
As it is today in many developing nations around the world. It’s practical in many ways.
@@jakobschoning7355 Not just Roman. Tradition continues to this day across cultures. My grandparents owned a building with two store fronts on the first floor an apartment above and one “behind” the store fronts. They lived upstairs and ran their business out of one of the store fronts. They rented out the other store front and the upstairs apartment. 1970’s urban New Jersey.
I'm an ancient numismatist. It looks like they found 3 gold aureus, maybe of one of the "year of the 4 emperors"? Hard to tell by looking at it, maybe Galba. But the average wage of a low class citizen was 1 denarii a day, 1 gold aurei is worth 25 denarius. Basically she was holding 3 months of work in her hands if an average citizen
I am pretty sure that the wages of a legionary of caesars time was 225 denarii per year (so about 0.6 Denarii a Day, plus bonuses, minus deductions for equipment). And I would not consider legionaries to be low class. Infact they probably had access to a lot more "hard cash" that other (low and low-middle class) citizens whose funds would have been tied up in other assets.
My imagination can hardly compare to the real deal, this architecture in its prime.
The colors.
The textures.
The flow of everything and how it made you feel.
What we see today is a pale comparison, yet it still shines bright.
It is incredible that not every hollow space just got crushed flat under the load of ash and lava. Seeing those rooms maintaining their painted walls is so amazing!
I had the rare chance to see some of the things found in Pompeii during a limited run of pieces being at a local museum. It was one of the most sobering things I’ve ever seen.
If you ever get the chance, visit the site. It's very impressive to be there, inside the houses and stuff. Unfortunately most people won't have that opportunity, bc it's magical
@@LenaFerrariMagical? Where thousands died? Whatever.
Listened to an interview on a podcast with one of the archeologists who had been working on the dig in Region IX yesterday.
Yes, there will be more digs, but looks like the next area they’re looking at digging is one of the villas just outside the city.
The archeologist was saying that while they found beautiful frescoes and items, this dig didn’t really add much to the knowledge about Pompeii and life at the time. There are other homes in the city with private baths and other bakeries with similar insights into the use of slave labor. Essentially, it was a confirmation of what had already been discovered elsewhere in the city.
In contrast, the villas outside the city proper have barely been looked at and can give insights into the relationships between the places where the food was being grown and the city.
What would the Pompeiians have thought, if they could have known that their homes and livelihoods would be a source of wonder to people 2000 years in the future?
Probably would have got tf outta there lol
Anyone who has a chance should visit Pompeii, it's magical. Nowhere else you feel closer to ancient Rome
What is with you and "magical?" What are you smoking?
@Merrymaid huh?
@@Merrymaid is that word forbidden or something?
@LenaFerrari are you that clueless? I will repeat for you again. You don't say something is magical where thousands died. Do you visit battlefields and say it's magical?
@Merrymaid magical to be close to ancient Rome like that. Magical just means that something that seems unreal happens, and that "transport" to ancient rome is kinda magical, as in, unreal, however, of course it's a tragical place, but most tragical places don't have that "magical" quality of transporting you there. I think you are reading "magical" as whimsical or something, I just meant unreal
Ancient societies were more advanced than previously thought, but some of the advancements were lost to war and lack of preservation of information.
Given how LITTLE of Pompeii (And it's neighboring city/town- Herculaneum) has actually been excavated, yet so much glorious/wonderful things have been revealed?
Imagine all that is still lying hidden?
Been to Pompeii in 2018, one of the most amazing experiences of my life, definately wanna go back some time again.
Probably the closest you can be to ancient Rome, right? Amazing indeed
I went in 1980..would love to seethe new excavations
THIS is the content I love! THIS is why I follow your channel, not that war against haters. Let them bury themselves in bulshit. They seem to like it. Please go back on doying this kind of content more often.
You're awesome.
Couldn't agree more
I think he does the other type of content bc it's easier and helps to keep the channel afloat, so he can afford to keep up doing the good stuff. The algorithm demands constant uploads, wich is hard to do without resorting the low quality bs, so I think he has to do it to keep the channel (and the less constant good content) alive
That's a theory, bc he seems way more proud of this content and the long well researched, scripted videos on history
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Pompeii was one of the most horrible tragedies in the Ancient World, but we owe it a ton of the knowledge we nowadays have about Rome. That place literaly became an ancient city permanently frozen in time
The perfect time capsule.
Thst make me wounder. Pompei is on of very few.. if not the only one thst been preserved that well, that we might have a squed image of other clutures at this time.
The only disappointing thing about Pompeii is the fact it was a tourism town. The construction was built for looks and like Disneyland sort of "fake".
i remember watching a documentary of Pompeii and Herculaneum and how they discovered that through a chemical reaction to the volcanic gases, ashes and temperature, everything that you saw as the deep red that we're used to seeing as Rome's favorite color, was actually yellow. more specifically a "goldenrod yellow".
I watched one of the BBC news stories and they said the archaeologists don't think that the exposed pipe in the wall was from damage but that perhaps the bath was going through renovations when the volcano erupted.
I remember seeing my first hypercaust in a dig in britain, the underfloor heating system was a marvel of stone pillars and slabs with a gap of about a foot and a half under the floor, all fed by an adjacent furnace room.
part of the corner of this heated room still had square terracotta flues in the walls fed by the hypercaust itself, which was remarkable as the stone wall above the flue was gone.
I can't remember where exactly this was, perhaps the vindolanda.
The best laugh is that ancient Romans were more advanced than 21st Brits when it comes to building, heating and insulation.
Housing in today's Britain is a complete disaster.
@@magyarbondiand the most debauched.
It's a hypocaust - from hypocaio, "to light a fire below". A hypercaust would be a fire above the floor.
FYI, the reason many news organizations publish "copy-paste" articles is because they pay services like AP and Reuters for the right to use and republish their articles.
What they hopefully find is a library with a readable complete set of Livy.
Herculaneum.
@@stischer47 "Complete" perhaps; readable... with great difficulty. At least with current technology.
Just seen how they managed to scan inside the scrolls .. awesome
No one would spend the day in the boiler room. Maybe check it a few times a day, feed the fire and regulate the valves. Great video.
I'd be in that bath house twice a day. It's horrible for those poor victims.
yes, the discovery of the remains is too sad.
I enjoyed visiting Italy, Rome was pretty awesome but the island of Capri is like a living postcard, the Roman’s reach was unbelievable
Pompeii is a world in and of itself. Still fascinates 2,000+ years after the fact.
Yup. People clutching valuables as they were going to die. Greed never goes out of style. Fascinating.
What amazed me was they used iron pins in the marble columns. Theu poured lead in the hole and plunged the iron in and they didnt rust for centuries..
The gold coins she was holding was her fare to help her cross the Styx river.
Uber Charon has still the same tariff today.
"What are you all doing here?"
"Charon doesn't take fiat."
This is fascinating news, thak you Metatron for covering it & commenting on it!!!
Here is the usual full support for engagement metrics and channel growth.
Nice to see at least one news outlet did it's own work on covering the news. Amazing finds even after all this time, makes me wonder what's yet to be uncovered.
This is sadly often the case in science, not only among the media.
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"Timmy, do you like gladiator movies?" 😂
Have you ever been to a Turkish prison? 😂
@@user-wi9hv2pb2q
Lol!
An interesting fact about art in Pompeii is that while there were a lot of explicit images that would shock 19-20th century viewers, some of that art had already been painted over before the eruption - suggesting that social attitudes were changing even in the 1st century
we are in the 21st century now.
"An interesting fact about art in Pompeii is that while there were a lot of explicit images that would shock 19th-20th viewers"
Why? Because you say so?
@@smokeyhoodoo You do realize that the 19th century was from the years 1801 -1900. That was part of the Victorian era. They're notorious for censoring everything. You have no reason to be so salty, it's a fact the Victorians were like that.
@@smokeyhoodoobecause its fairly well established in history that western societies in the 19th and 20th centuries were more conservative in their view of nudity? Dunno where the hostility came from or why you thought it was needed my friend. Not everything needs to be a fight
@@sociallyineptclownprincech8731 So because you say so?
ooh, a discovery at pompi ;-)
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
Bompi
Hey! Thanks for all the videos man, i dont comment on much things just wanted to say thanks for all the knowledge. your an amazing human!
I appreciate that thanks!
I saw a documentary on this latest round of excavation at Pompeii when they'd found only the laundry and bakery section, but they knew they were on to something special.
It's primarily a matter budget, I suppose, so it's great they've unearthed something unique that's made headlines around the world.
That can only raise interest and with it more capital.
It really is astonishing how much of the city remains buried, but all the undiscovered stuff is staying right where it is, perfectly preserved.
This documentary was so good
There is graffiti from Pompeii in many languages. Latin, Greek, and Oscan are the primary languages that were spoken in that area. The Oscan peoples are often overlooked by historians. My ancestral Home in Sessa Aurunca, which took the name from it’s original inhabitants, bears witness to their contributions.
"How can the BBC f up something like this?"
Jeff Goldblum enters the chat:
"Life finds a way"
10:40 The "suit" lol, love ya man
Thank You very much for this new video ! 😊
I love it how you say Americans whilst sipping on Mountain Dew 😂
I'm live within the system now
@@metatronytYou used to Romanize people, but now the Romans have been Libertized.
I wonder if he’s been issued his bald eagle yet
@@randomperson6433 order of Bald Eagle 🦅 new Metatron medal 🏅🥇 he can issue to followers for being noble. I love it
This is an incredible! What an amazing series of events that has handed us, the future, the best possible preservation of our ancient past! A horrible way to go and a precious gift.
"clutching her coins and jewels..."
You can't take it with you.
She was probably trying to run and use it to establish herself elsewhere.
So interesting. Exciting to see the color that was used
"Why isn't the whole thing already excavated?"
It's an entire city, people -- think about it! And not a small one!
Sir, your enthusiasm is (thankfully) infectious. Regrettably, I have never visited Pompeii, but the cultural significance of any aspect to the ancient world is so appealing. Admittedly, I am a new visitor to your channel, & upon viewing same, I am now subscribed. I look forward to more of your fascinating content, because every day is a day of learning & wonder !
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The woman may have been thinking of the jewellery in ways we do--Heirloom pieces to protect. Maybe seeking comfort in a gift from someone beloved. Just clutching things close to her hands. It's Greece, right? She might have been hoping to offer it to the gods.
It's Italy, not Greece.
13:18 its especially pretty, because it's actually an orange-red, and is the complimentary color
so I imagine the darkk blue wasnt very saturated (vivid) and neither the light blue. so you get contrast not only in color but also value, which makes for something really pleasing to the eye
As someone who has been tot hat.. i dont know what it's called... "experience park" ? where you could like dress up, role play, experience a full day in a replica of that ancient pompeii, and then experience that tragedy (or at least learn with replica, visual and story telling etc) which was a very amazing experiences and I still remember from childhood. THIS is absolutely amazing! I love that they found out more, so interesting, so pretty
My husband and I got to see Pompeii on our honeymoon. It was beautiful and sad.
I'm a simple man, I see Rome in the title, I click. Life is good.
Romans were geniuses? And on other news the water is liquid.
Except when it's frozen, or steam!
Looking at the complex I think the bakery and laundry were commercial and provided an income. The room the couple was found in looks like one of eight private apartments with doors to the street. I don't think it would have been unusual for a Roman property to operate in this fashion, combining residence with business as a measure of self sufficiency. One must remember Julius Caesar grew up in a similar situation in Rome's Subura
Gold also is protection against cosmic radiation. Good choice for priest headdresses
The laundry and the bakery were for the servants to work in.. the owners servants would have brought them food and fresh clothing as required.. same as with manor houses a few decades ago..
Pommes is French Fries in German. Now I have to live with the image of Pompeji covered in fries 😅
Pommes Frites is French,. not German.
I had the same moment! 😄
@@alparkrangerthe Germans use the French name for fries.
I may or may not have just had AI make a picture of this.
Thank you for this awesome video Metatron. I'm really amazed at the colours of everything. even the contrasting colours. The ancient Roman world as you have oft said must have been bursting with colours, something we don't really see or appreciate
There’s plenty of money to dig up Pompeii. The usual reason given by archaeologists is that they’re waiting for future technologies to develop that would tell us more about what is found. Archaeology is like any other science. We know more about how to dig things up today, and we will know more about how to dig things up tomorrow.
No wonder they tried to hold out. A week of the volcano throwing rocks at me - I am gone
This is so cool! I hope they dig out more soon!
Ah Pompie.
What's worse? Calling Magnus Pompey as "Pompie" or the planet Uranus (Ooranoos) as Your Anus. Get your vowels right, English speakers.
Pompie apparently translates to Pompeii. Thanks google.
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_"... buried by ash and lava in 70 AD ..."_
Not in 70 but in 79 AD.
_Not really lava, mostly ash and pomas._
I'm German, so I understood "Pommes" which is short for 'pommes frites' meaning french fries. Hilarious to imagine.
Wasn’t there a gladiator barracks found early on? I seem to remember that the skeleton of a woman was found in the cistern and the thought was that she had gone to be with her gladiator as the world ended.
There's also been some tablets with carvings that have been discovered and are slowly being deciphered now too. I'm not sure on the specifics but from what I understand it can't normally be read because the words were covered in hardened ash, but recently they've discovered that they can CT scan the tablets and use AI to reconstruct the words on the tablets.
don't you mean paper scrolls?
@@toomanyaccounts I already said I don't know the specifics, whether they are tablets or scrolls doesn't change the end result of what I said.
"the woman was still alive while she was dying" a little bit pleonastic, or as they say on the internet, "no shit Sherlock"
"The woman was still alive while _he_ was dying" referring to the man found in the same room, buried by a collapsing wall, while she was killed a few seconds later by the pyroclastic flow.
@dlevi67 ooooh ok then
The romans were obsessed with bathing. I’m not surprised that they made so much effort in engineering these places to be as good as they were
In the 1980's there was a tv comedy set in Pompeii... It's called "Up Pompeii"... I'd love to see you review an episode or two.
That blue room reminds me of the pool room we have have here in California at Hearst Castle! You should check out the opulence, metatron! It has a little bit of several ancient cultures in whole.
Just Google "Hearst Castle indoor pool."
Much is made of Rome’s military might, but I think Rome’s true strength was in their prolific engineering. No matter one’s personal opinions of classical Rome, there’s no denying they were a technological benefit to the greater world at that time.
Yeah they were really bi-polar. On one side absolutely batshit crazy, on the other walking talking engineering geniuses.
engineers were also a vital part of the legions, but yeah big part of romanization of other peoples was the public works they did, including forums, bathhouses, roads aqueducts etc
In contrast to Italy, in France you can film and make photos in every museum ( without flash of course).... Many people share their experience online, many others are delighted and wish to also go visit the museum themselves.... Many visitors come to museums all year long... Lots of revenue for museums because of the many tickets sold..... Enough money to maintain the museum in pristine state and to have an awesome experience there and to make you want to revisit ....win-win for everybody .... Too bad in other countries they did not understand this and forbid you taking footage of their museums.... No more publicity, sometimes not many visitors, not enough money to keep it in good condition..... Etc....
"Suite" in English is, generally, pronounced "sweet". (I don't know why, it just is.) I have no ability to utilize time stamps, so the rest of my comment is reguarding just after you said "suit of rooms", because then I had to pay attention and read the article for myself, (And look at the pictures.) because I didn't know what a "suit of rooms" was.
Herculaneum has beautiful colours, because the pyroclastic flows "carbonized" (anaerobic burnt) the paints on the walls. This Pompeii bathhouse is like the one in Herculaneum. (At first, I thought it was Herculaneum.) Because the red walls are red, (That red is so vibrant, the same as I saw in Herculaneum.) I would tend to think the black walls, also, retain their original colour. One reason for blues to darken is because the pigments oxidize, (Not the only reason, of course, but...) which pyroclastic flows (a unique evironment) would prevent.
The comments about the boiler room and slaves reminded me of Jefferson's "Modern automated" mansion.
I visited Pompeii a few years ago. If memory serves me correctly, the public bath house (located at the main port/pier had much of this same technology. The steam pipes running below the flooring and cool rooms adjacent…it was very cool stuff.
I remember watching episodes of Time Team where rhe archaeologists got really excited about finding a hypocaust!
I forgot, did you learn German?
"Zuchtriegel" is a German name, spoken like the individual words Zucht (breed) and Riegel (pin/bolt).
The BBC video news story took you around the complex briefly and was good to watch. The bowl that was on the edge of the cold pool was found there in that spot. Amazing finds.
02:27...nice product placement. very subtle.
The real plot twist would be if Pompeii was built on the ruins of another city that got buried by Vesuvius.
I think they ARE digging at Pompeii every day, aren't they? But the days of Heinrich Schliemann and his bulldozer are over. Proper archeological digging is slow and painstaking, and with a site as rich as Pompeii, you don't want to miss a single speck.
Most archeological sites on earth are not constantly dug. They are only dug a little, and then they are put on pause. The reason why is because archeology is a destructive science and technology is always advancing. There needs to be things left to dig up for the future archeologists with better techniques. Generally, there is a presumed amount of knowledge that can be gained in total from the site then only enough that can justify digging will be done. Gobekli Tepe, for instance, was only dug about 20% and then paused. 20% was the amount initially agreed upon to find what was presumed to be found. Just in the past 20 years there has been new technology for archeology that has allowed us to take more precise measurements before even digging--all of the sites done prior to 2000 can no longer have these measurements taken. So it is a way to future proof. As I understand it, Herculaneum and Pompei are currently paused.
Pompeii and the 1st Emperor's tomb in China are the two best historical places I've ever visited.
...But bring good shoes and a walking stick if you go to Pompeii.
The roads are absolutely atrociously rutted.
Wait until meta finds out about the heating//cold substation and boiler found …
to Metatron how about doing a video on the history of Roman Britain and about the great Roman emperor Aurelian
7:04 well, luckily it's still not too late to fill the changing room with water
Documentary on Rai storia covered this: the 3 dead at the bakery were slaves locked into the room where their bones were found! Bars on the windows, locked door from outside. Horrible death, they could not flee.
4:34
Are they running water pipes in the walls?
Im a sucker for some good archeology.
Pompeii is such an amazing place. Visiting it during our honeymoon was one of the best experiences in my life. You feel so close to the history you can just aquint your eyes a bit and feel the place filling with ancient roman life again. And yes, the level of sophistication of the roman culture that is at display there is just mindblowing. It is really not that much different than the modern society (minus the blatant slavery, of course).
Stuff like this is awesome
I hope some of these days they find a statue with it's paint as intact as the bathhouse's
Sammy Mark's Museum in Pretoria has a similar air circulation system to cool the building. The house is build out of sandstone and has air cavities that flow from the basement to the outside. Passive cooling in buildings has been destroyed in favor of cheap electrical items. There is no reason for a house to be hot in summer and cold in winter. It's only in "modern" times when houses have become so unlivable we need heaters and fans
For the algorithm!!!
That hole at the bottom is probably a heat recirculator like a Japanese bath.
yes you are correct the Romans are hellenic Geniuses as you self saludos Roman
Good ole Pompy
I wonder about villas built further up the mountain or in the country for the “air” Gardens and View.
The black walls were intended to hide soot, which implies the use of oil lamps, probably an evening dining room.
it was the Diddy mansion of Pompeii.. LOL...Joking aside, is impressive..
If ever I become obscenely wealthy somehow…I would recreate a smaller modern version of this as my home.
I don’t want/need a 12 car garage-I want this.
😂❤
it is true that ALL of Pompeii has not yet been excavated.
i heard that the unexcavated areas were preserved years ago. the reason could be summed up like this
"we stop now!, and we leave to our successors of the future, areas to work with the techniques of the future that we do not have now"
When you looked at the floor plan, you failed to mention the scale. This was not a small bakery and private laundry, both the bakery and the laundry were businesses on an industrial scale. The bakery and laundry were in the news several months ago, before the rest of the building with the bath complex was excavated. I think this was where the now famous "pizza" fresco was found.