How did the enslaved workers of Pompeii live? A new discovery provides a rare glimpse
Archaeologists working to uncover a wealthy villa on the outskirts of the ancient city have found a dormitory for workers, providing important insight into daily life.
by Kat Lonsdorf
Nov 07, 2021
2 minutes
A nearly perfectly intact room that served as a kind of dormitory for enslaved people has been unearthed by archaeologists at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The room has three wooden beds, a chamber pot, a wooden chest and several tall Roman jars called amphorae. All of it was
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