Discussion Topic: Pompeii

Some Questions

To what extent can one time travel by visiting Pompeii?

What can the remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum tell us about the everyday lives in the Roman Empire of the 1st century BCE?  About religion?  About class relations and interactions?  About gender and the sex lives of the towns' inhabitants?

What do you find to be most surprising about Pompeii and/or Herculaneum?

What is the history of Pompeii's rediscovery and re-presentation as a tourist site?  What is most interesting and challenging about this aspect of Pompeii's story?