this archaeological site Pompeii (southern Italy) never ceases to amaze and this Saturday a few typical “middle class” apartments with lockers full of locked objects since the explosion that destroyed the city two thousand years ago.
These furnished rooms had been discovered, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the archaeological park, said in a statement. Offers information on the lower and middle classes of Pompeii“most of its population, but underrepresented in sources”.
The excavation revolves around what is known as Lararium HouseA luxurious sanctuary that was lit up in 2018, and experts entered four of its contained rooms from street level, two on the first floor and two on the ground floor.
Inside they came across a large number of furniture and objects. Let us show the life of the “middle class” of Pompey The moment it all came to an end, when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it buried this Roman colony for almost two thousand years.
In one of the plain and earth-floored rooms, perhaps the cellar, a cabinet with five shelves and a height of two meters turned out which still preserves everyday objects like vasos, plates, ceramics, small vessels and amphorae.
The cabin is where it was at the time of the explosion and was partially broken as the weight of the pyroplastic material caused the roof of the house to collapse.
Experts will continue to investigate what is gradually hiding on its lower shelves to protect the ash.
In another small room with no decorations on the walls, a simple bed that is part of its pillowA three-legged table with a cup and an open chest on top, believed to have been emptied by its owner while fleeing the fire.
bed type IThe same as the one found last year in the slave room of the villa “Civita Giuluana”free from any decoration, removable and without mattress, only with a rope net.
Found inside the trunk a small ceramic plate and an oil lamp used for food with a bas-relief in which the god Zeus is represented by turning into an eagle.
In another of the rooms on the first floor, another cupboard with plates and glasses for domestic use, a bronze sink and a sofa were found. “perfume burns” anyone “perfumer” in perfect condition of protection.
“In the Roman Empire a large area of the population a class that fights for their own social status (…), vulnerable in political crises and famines, but ambitious when it comes to social escalation,” Zuchtriegel explained.
Therefore, it is assumed that the residents of Casa del Larario live with the same greed for prosperity, because although some rooms look ornate and have some valuables, in others, “extreme simplicity” wooden furniture appeared.
“We don’t know the residents, but the entertainment culture that definitely inspired the wonderful decoration of the patio represents a future they dream of rather than a lived reality,” said the site’s manager.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini congratulated the news: “Pompeii never ceases to amaze and a beautiful story of recovery, proof that research and innovation can achieve outstanding results if Italy works as a team and invests in young people”.
Source: Informacion