Pompeii was a thriving city back in 79 A.D. It attracted the rich, wealthy, and even the poor from all over Italy. Pompeii served as a great vacation spot for the tired citizens of Italy to go and rest after a long hard work year.
If you were lucky enough to be wealthy you had a great deal of power, but also a great deal of responsibility over the poorer citizens. A wealthy man was a Patron. Each Patron held sway over a small amount of citizens. When his father died or retired the son of a Patron would inherit his fathers Clientes. The Patrons and Clientes influenced each other greatly. A Patron would provide finial aid while the clientes would give him their political support. Clientes could wait outside their Patrons home and wait to meet with them.
If you were lucky enough to be wealthy you had a great deal of power, but also a great deal of responsibility over the poorer citizens. A wealthy man was a Patron. Each Patron held sway over a small amount of citizens. When his father died or retired the son of a Patron would inherit his fathers Clientes. The Patrons and Clientes influenced each other greatly. A Patron would provide finial aid while the clientes would give him their political support. Clientes could wait outside their Patrons home and wait to meet with them.
Even though people were separated by different social classes in the way they lived and worked, the people, both rich a poor, had one thing in common, their diet. Bread was the staple food in the diet of the people of Pompeii. Today archaeologists have found more than eighty-nine bakeries in the city. Pompeii was not unlike us in the way we ate. They had fast food stands and snack bars. Though the menu was usually limited, it provided a fast and easy way to get food on the go or when you were in a hurry. Even though the citizens of Pompeii had fast- food restaurants just like us, we have a very different variety of food. While we eat hamburgers and french fries they would eat meat, goat cheese, and lentil or bean soup. Instead of having a icy cold soda they would drink warm wine.
When dining at home, the wealthy citizens would have their slaves serve them. A typical supper time meal would go like this... For a first course a small dish of olives would be served. Then the main dish, which consisted of meat such as fish, lambs, pork, or bird. No matter where you are, people all over the world enjoy dessert, and the citizens of Pompeii were no exception. They ate dessert that was often fresh fruit served with cake.
Just like us, the people of Pompeii would dine at home. However, while we sit at tables, these people would eat laying on their left sides. They would lay down on couches around their table. These couches could normally fit about three people. While eating they would support themselves with their left arms and eat with their right hands. This style of eating was not just in Pompeii, it applied all throughout the roman empire.
When dining at home, the wealthy citizens would have their slaves serve them. A typical supper time meal would go like this... For a first course a small dish of olives would be served. Then the main dish, which consisted of meat such as fish, lambs, pork, or bird. No matter where you are, people all over the world enjoy dessert, and the citizens of Pompeii were no exception. They ate dessert that was often fresh fruit served with cake.
Just like us, the people of Pompeii would dine at home. However, while we sit at tables, these people would eat laying on their left sides. They would lay down on couches around their table. These couches could normally fit about three people. While eating they would support themselves with their left arms and eat with their right hands. This style of eating was not just in Pompeii, it applied all throughout the roman empire.
Homes in Pompeii were very much like our modern houses. They had a kitchen, a living room called the tablinum, bedrooms, and a small room that was just big enough for the toilet. There were different types of ways to get rid of the waste. Some toilets might have been connected to a sewer system. For others they might have used slaves to clear out the basin used to catch their waste.
Most ladies love to look pretty and dress up, especially the ones in ancient Pompeii. Today archaeologists have found many combs, hairpins, mirrors, cosmetic jars, and beautiful jewelry in the house of both the rich and poor. The most popular style of jewelry was a armband in the design of a snake.