At that time, the ancient city of Pompeii was built on an oval platform with an area of about 63 hectares. It is1200m long from east to west, 700m wide from north to south and 3800m in circumference. This wall is made of stone. The masonry wall is 3 kilometers long and surrounded by 8 gates, including 2 in the east, 2 in the south, 3 in the west 1 and 3 in the north. And 14 tower. At that time, the most important gate was the west gate near the sea, namely Marina Gate, which means "the gate to the sea" in Italian. Streets are paved with stone slabs, leaving two deep rut marks on the street stones, showing the prosperity of Pompeii. The main street is about seven meters wide, with sidewalks on both sides. On the sidewalk, bury a stone every other step. This is for the convenience of pedestrians in rainy days. At the intersection of every street, a statue, a stone pool half a person high, was installed. They are connected by a long water pipe made of masonry, which brings the spring water from the top of the city into the city for residents to drink. The streets of the whole city are straight, and the four main streets crossing into a "well" shape divide the whole city into nine districts; The first and second districts are in the south, with the famous Pompeii Arena; The third, fourth, fifth and ninth districts are in the northeast and belong to undeveloped areas; The sixth, seventh and eighth districts are all in the west, and the sixth district is in the northwest, which is the political, economic and religious center of the ancient city; The eighth district is in the southwest, and the seventh district is between the sixth and eighth districts. These three districts all belong to downtown areas, and the large and small theaters are in the eighth district.
Not far along Binhai Avenue, there is the famous Pompeii Square. Pompeii Square is the center of city life, religious activities and commerce. Covering an area of about 15000 square meters, it is 142 meters long from north to south and 83 meters wide from east to west, surrounded by covered colonnades. The pillar is more than ten meters high and thick enough for two people to hug. In the middle of the northern end is the temple of Jupiter, the Roman god. In its two corners, there are two victories of Emperor Tullius and Ghermani Kush. To the south is the City Council, with statues of emperors such as Augustus, Claudius and Nero. In the southeast of the square, there is a public meeting place, the auction house of the Emperor Temple and Weber Township is in the east, and the market is in the northeast. There is a rectangular two-story building at the south end of the west side of the square, and the north of the building is adjacent to the famous Apollo temple. There is also a public toilet in the northwest corner of the square.
There are two amphitheaters in the eighth district of Pompeii. The Grand Theatre can hold 5000 people, and it was built in the style of the ancient Greek theater in the third century BC. The small theater is located opposite the Grand Theatre, with a seat of about 1200. In ancient times, it was a place where plays and music were performed. Located in the southeast corner of Pompeii, the Colosseum was built in 15 BC, with a capacity of 12000 people and a box. It is considered to be the earliest building of this style in ancient Rome. There is a commercial garden near the competitive plug, which contains plant specimens, watering utensils, pollen and perfume bottles. They are used to make perfumes and hair oils.
The three public bathrooms that have been excavated in Pompeii are basically intact. In ancient Rome, the bathroom was not only a sanitary place, but also an important place for public gatherings. There is also a place for reading and sports activities, so the construction cost is high. The municipal authorities appealed to wealthy citizens to donate money and engraved the names of all donors on the bathroom wall.
The public bathroom is arched with big stones and the walls are polished tuff. Each bathroom is divided into two rooms for men and women, and each room has a dressing room, a cold water bathroom, a warm water bathroom and a hot water steam bathroom. The interior layout and decoration of the whole bathroom are very good. There are reliefs, murals and statues on the eaves of the colonnade, and stone reclining chairs are also made. Surprisingly, there is also a small fountain dedicated to washing lips in the ladies' bathroom. These public baths use centralized boilers to boil water, and then send the water to the men's and women's toilets. The ceiling of the bathroom is arched, so that the water vapor in the room rises to the ceiling and condenses into water droplets, and then slowly flows down the dome and drops into a small sink specially dug on the wall, without dripping on the bather.
At that time, luxury residential buildings began to be popular in Pompeii, the most representative of which were Vitti House and Funuo House. Vitti House is famous for its generosity. Its architecture imitates the style of the 4th century BC and strives for elegance. Forneau's house is also magnificent. There is a big bronze statue showing the cheerful dance of its owner, Forneau, and an arched circular outline supported by 28 stone pillars. In his living room, there is a famous huge mosaic "The War between and the Soviet Union", which vividly shows the scene of the battle between Macedonian king and Persian king in the war between and the Soviet Union in 333 BC: this painting is 6.5 meters wide and 3.8 meters high. It is said that it is made up of about 654.38+0.5 million pieces of colored glass and marble. There is also a "secret instrument villa" where 29 women live. They all have strong bodies and are holding religious ceremonies to worship Dionysus, the god of wine.
In Pompeii, besides Marina Street, there is also a famous "Abundance Street". There are woolen cloth, jewelry, spices, glass, stone carving, ironware and other workshops in the street, and there are many shops, shops, hotels and inns all over the streets. The goods are dazzling and the business is booming. In a small hotel, the boss is calculating today's turnover and the amount of credit given by some customers; On the counter of a drugstore, a box of pills turned into powder, and there was a small round medicine strip next to it, which the pharmacist couldn't put down when rubbing the pills; In the oven of the bakery, there is a piece of baked bread with the name of the baker printed on it ... At the end of Yufeng Street is the largest building in the city-the court building. The court building is also the seat of the Chamber of Commerce, where local products, China silk and African ivory are all negotiated and traded.
At that time, the dignitaries living in Pompeii used "wax books" to communicate. In fact, the production of "wax book" is very simple: first, write on the wax book embedded in the square board with needles made of ivory, bone and metal, and then tie several boards with ropes to make a blackboard book.
Even in the bustling city of Pompeii, the air is filled with a sense of leisure and enjoyment. People here live so comfortably, but they never dreamed that bad luck was coming to them quietly, and this bad luck came from Mount Vesuvius, which they had slept with for centuries.