Living Lavish in Ancient Pompeii

A glimpse into how the wealthy lived in the Roman Empire

Brennen Esval
Everything Antiquity
5 min readMar 27, 2023

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Pompeii is one of those places I have always dreamed of going to one day. Its beautiful villas and ghastly stone figures provide a humbling contrast to the life of the Roman Empire.

The sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius, while tragic, has provided a wealth of archaeological knowledge…

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