• Food markets were built in Pompeii in the second century b.c., and the remains of the goods sold can still be seen. There is a grain market under construction in the city, which is engulfed by the lava (岩浆) before it is completed. There are a lot of large pottery pots.
• As early as the 8th century BC, Pompeii, a small fishing village based on the natural harbor of the Mediterranean Sea(地中海), gradually developed into a city. After a few decades, it became the second largest city after Rome in Italy.It is 300 km from Rome to the north, bounded by the famous island of Sicily(西西里岛) to the west, Greece and north Africaf Pompeii
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• Pompeii,, is one of the ancient Roman cities. Located on the edge of Italy's fertile little plain(平 原),Campania(坎帕尼亚), near the mouth of the Sarno River(萨尔诺河). It was founded in the 8th century BC and belonged to the Samono people(萨 摩诺人) from the 5th century BC. In the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, after three wars between the Romans and the Samonos, Pompeii became part of the Roman Republic(罗马共和国) and gradually became a typical Roman city. Pompeii was covered in ash from the eruption of mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79.