Mad emperors, brutal entertainments, and lascivious lifestyles. These are the familiar images of ancient Rome, but what was it really like?
Pompeii was destroyed during an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The ruined and partially buried city was rediscovered in 1738 and excavated.
Pompeii was a large Roman town in the Italian region of Campania which was completely buried in volcanic ash following the eruption of nearby Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE.
Like the Greeks, the ancient Romans reclined to dine, drink, and converse.
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