Pompeii Forum at Pompeii, Pompei

The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.

The Roman City May 26, 2013

Our second to last stop before heading back to Florence was the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Obviously there is not much left of the city after it was buried under five meters of ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, but the structures that were preserved are really cool. We saw everything from public bath houses to amphitheaters to prostitution houses. Also, because sewage systems hadn't...