Name: ポンペイ-ローマの町の生と死 ( メアリー・ビアード ) (Pompeii - Life and Death in a Roman Town ( Mary Beard ))
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Down below, around the bay of Naples, there were farms, houses,

The eruption which wiped this ancient town off the Roman map

is one of the world's most famous disasters,

but the tragedy has given historians a priceless legacy.

The inhabitants were overwhelmed by gas, lethal gas, volcanic debris

and we found their bodies exactly where they died.

Many have been cast in plaster, frozen in time.

They've tantalised the world with their last horrific moments of death.

But they tell us little about their lives.

Now, in a cellar just two miles outside Pompeii,

are 54 well-preserved skeletons lying exactly where they died.

They were hiding from the full force of the volcano.

2,000 years later, they're about to give up their secrets.

I'm wondering whether they can tell us something

about the most interesting question in Pompeii,

which is not how the people died, we know how they died,

it's about how the people in Pompeii actually lived.

For the 25 years I've taught classics at Cambridge

I've been fascinated by what life was really like day to day in ancient Pompeii.

I am hoping these skeletons will help take this understanding

one step further and put my theories to the test.

I'll explore the opulent and the ordinary.

It looks to me as if the woman is on top of him but sucking his toes.

I'll see the hardship endured, and the pleasures savoured.

I want to see if we can probe a bit deeper and get beneath the skin of this ancient town.

- You don't get closer to real Rome than being in a cesspit, do you?  - No.

I am hoping that the people in the cellar will help me discover

what life was like before Vesuvius forced them to flee.

Pompeii is the most important archaeological site in the Roman world.

Nowhere else do we come face to face with antiquity

bring millions of us here each year to see a snapshot of Roman life.

Of a society where it appears the rich enjoyed a life of luxury

and everyone else, the poor and the slaves, lived lives of drudgery.

I want to bust a few myths about the rich and the poor in Pompeii.

This was the stretch of coastline where rich Romans,

I mean really, really rich Romans from the capital,

It was supposed to be particularly popular with the fast set,

they came here to gamble, to have fun, to have sex.

Sort of a cross between Las Vegas and Brighton.

And that's what makes Pompeii so remarkable.

It was a town where ordinary people lived cheek by jowl

It had all the essentials of a Roman town, with a forum at one end,

and at the other an amphitheatre and training ground for gladiators.

A market, temples, baths, even a brothel.

Perhaps 12,000 people packed into less than a square mile.

Pompeii lies between the Mediterranean and Vesuvius.

It's 17 miles along the coast from Naples, not far from Herculaneum,

Oplontis, where the cellar of skeletons was unearthed.

It must have seemed a sensible place to come.

It's partly underground and that would have seemed safe,

but it's got good access from the road outside.

but they're still victims of a terrible human tragedy.

On the other hand, I can't help wondering

what these bones might tell us about the life of these people.

The first thing we can tell from the cellar

is that these people appear to be divided into two groups.

On one side they were carrying money and jewels.

These bodies have been catalogued and tidied away into boxes.

The others, left where they fell, were found with nothing.

You could come up with all kinds of theories as to why it might be.

But for my money the most likely thing is that we're dealing with a distinction in wealth.

because many of the bones found at Pompeii have simply been jumbled up.

And the plaster casts, they're very poignant, but are much less useful

for forensic science because the bones inside get contaminated.

Remains preserved like those in the cellar

these are going to be analysed by a forensic team, led by Fabian Kanz.

So far we have found at least 54 individuals here, at least,

and this gives us a broad cross section of the society

The point is we have a great opportunity here because we have a snapshot of the society.

We might have slaves, we might have upper class people,

and we can find out if there have been big differences.

One of the most complete skeletons is that of a man of about 55.

Apart from some dental cavities he seems in pretty good nick.

If you look at the other bones, I noticed this.

I don't know much about skeletons but that looks to me like

something that's got a real big muscle attachment.

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