● the evidence provided by the range of sources, including site layout, streetscapes, public and private buildings, ancient writers, official inscriptions, graffiti, wall paintings, statues, mosaics, human, animal and plant remains from Pompeii and Herculaneum, as relevant for:
– the economy: role of the forum, trade, commerce, industries, occupations (ACHAH374)
– the social structure: men, women, freedmen, slaves (ACHAH375)
– local political life: decuriones, magistrates, comitium (ACHAH373)
– everyday life: housing, leisure activities, food and dining, clothing, health, baths, water supply, sanitation (ACHAH377)
– religion: household gods, temples, foreign cults and religions, tombs (ACHAH376)
– the influence of Greek and Egyptian cultures: art and architecture (ACHAH378)