Last Day in Pompeii Info

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( Foods ) Pompeii's citizens typically ate bread for breakfast, a few pieces of fruit for lunch, and had a large dinner. The first course of dinner were the appetizers, followed by many meat and bread dishes, and ending with fruit. It's a port city, so people had plenty of fish, and some of them had live ones in their garden. The inhabitants of Pompeii ate a lot of vegetables, fruit, bread, olives and cheese. Seeds of lentils, chickpeas, broad beans and also melons were found. In some houses, the burnt remains of almonds, nuts and hazelnuts were found. Fish and meat were expensive and most people in Pompeii could rarely eat them ( The Forum ) The forum was a very important part of Pompeii. Being a large open space 143 metres long and 38 metres wide, paved with stone, it was the civic centre of Pompeii, and supported buildings for business, religion, and the local government. Within it, there were statues of the emperor and his family, as well as statues of some notable citizens of Pompeii. Some of the buildings in the forum were offices, baths, and temples (Jupiter in the North, Apollo in the South, and Venus southwest of the Basilica). The Basilica was used as a court building, as well as a meeting place for businessmen. There was also a 'Meeting Hall of the Cloth Merchants'.Information was distributed in the forum in several ways. There was a tribunal, which was a speaker's platform, where important speeches and announcements were made. There were also public bulletin boards in the forum and outside buildings. Another way that information was distributed was by people casually scribbling on walls. The forum was basically the epicenter of business life and social life in Pompeii. It was crucial to the success of the city. ( About the Disaster after Mt.V Erupted ) In the summer of AD 79 the people living close to Vesuvius felt several earth

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