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The layout of the town of Pompeii, in the Bay of Naples, is the typical layout of many Roman towns created during the Roman Empire. All of the main roads are in straight lines that run through the city and then cross over each other to create the numerous districts which formed the residential and commercial areas of this trading town.
Pompeii's town layout and the numerous streets that create the city are very unique in the fact that they catered for all means of transport that travelled on these streets daily. These streets were made up by volcanic stones with some larger stones that created a path for pedestrians to travel across the road to avoid the rivers of mud in the middle of the wet seasons during the year. This type of creation created in Pompeii is still used in numerous towns, such as Venice, during the wet seasons to avoid the large amounts of water that flood the city, thus showing the importance that excavations in Pompeii. These larger volcanic rocks used from stepping stones were also used as a form of Ancient Roman traffic control. These volcanic rocks were used as an ancient 'speed bump' to slow down the carts that would come up and down these streets holding trade to be sold to avoid collisions with passing passengers that could have been easily hurt or even killed. These speed bumps ensured that the carts slowed down and they also ensured that he carts could fit through as a shortcut to get their goods to trade for the day and make a profit
The Mt Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD preserved a town in a concrete like pumice layer that covered a town and its secrets beneath too. Through the numerous excavations of the city archaeologists have been able to identify the towns structure and determine how similar it is to the other ancient Roman times that were created during this time in the Roman Empire. The town layouts prove that this eruption was significant through the numerous amounts of excavations that show historians how important this was for trading and how each this town was set out in different areas that provide a detailed look at how the members lived in the same areas in town which provide significant evidence in social classes. This town was also used by the excavators and historians to use in the planning of new towns that were being found around the time of initial discovery. The layout of this town provides evidence of a modern town during the Roman Empire as much of this town was reconstructed after the earthquake in 62AD giving archaeologists the tools they need to put together a modern town frozen in time, that no other Roman town can show as they have modernised through time.
Pompeii's town layout and the numerous streets that create the city are very unique in the fact that they catered for all means of transport that travelled on these streets daily. These streets were made up by volcanic stones with some larger stones that created a path for pedestrians to travel across the road to avoid the rivers of mud in the middle of the wet seasons during the year. This type of creation created in Pompeii is still used in numerous towns, such as Venice, during the wet seasons to avoid the large amounts of water that flood the city, thus showing the importance that excavations in Pompeii. These larger volcanic rocks used from stepping stones were also used as a form of Ancient Roman traffic control. These volcanic rocks were used as an ancient 'speed bump' to slow down the carts that would come up and down these streets holding trade to be sold to avoid collisions with passing passengers that could have been easily hurt or even killed. These speed bumps ensured that the carts slowed down and they also ensured that he carts could fit through as a shortcut to get their goods to trade for the day and make a profit
The Mt Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD preserved a town in a concrete like pumice layer that covered a town and its secrets beneath too. Through the numerous excavations of the city archaeologists have been able to identify the towns structure and determine how similar it is to the other ancient Roman times that were created during this time in the Roman Empire. The town layouts prove that this eruption was significant through the numerous amounts of excavations that show historians how important this was for trading and how each this town was set out in different areas that provide a detailed look at how the members lived in the same areas in town which provide significant evidence in social classes. This town was also used by the excavators and historians to use in the planning of new towns that were being found around the time of initial discovery. The layout of this town provides evidence of a modern town during the Roman Empire as much of this town was reconstructed after the earthquake in 62AD giving archaeologists the tools they need to put together a modern town frozen in time, that no other Roman town can show as they have modernised through time.