In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The catastrophe famously entombed, and preserved, the city's villas, workshops, ...
Other noteworthy houses include the Villa of Mysteries ... than the women’s (the answer: Pompeii was a strictly patriarchal society). Not only did the ancient Pompeians enjoy a soak and a ...