The cost of living in Pompeii seems to have been relatively low. The Roman currency was comprised of coins which included asses (copper), dupondii (bronze), sestertii (bronze), denarii (silver) and aurei (gold). Other denominations used were the quadrans, the quinarius argenteus and the quinarius aureus. According to the sums of money found on the bodiesContinue reading “The cost of living in Pompeii”
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One of the tresaures of the Archaeological Museum of Naoples: The Farnesian Atlas (Atlante Farnese)
The statue became part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1562. It represents the Titan Atlas supporting the globe on his shoulders, on which are represented in bas-relief forty-three constellations. The peculiarity of sculpture, a Roman copy of the II century. d.C., is its uniqueness, as there are no other figurative monuments thatContinue reading “One of the tresaures of the Archaeological Museum of Naoples: The Farnesian Atlas (Atlante Farnese)”
Pompeii and Herculaneum tours with an archaeologist 