When the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE, it froze an entire civilization in time. While the disaster was an unspeakable tragedy, it inadvertently preserved the most extensive collection of ancient interior design ever discovered.Before the rediscovery of these cities, historians knew very little about how the Romans decorated their private spaces. By examining the preserved villas, n…
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