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•1748Excavations of Pompeii begin
Herculaneum is smaller (only a fraction has been recovered) and less renowned than Pompeii, but its very compactness and better preservation give a more immediate sense of the shape and ambience of a whole Roman town, this one just 7 km (4 1/2 miles) from Vesuvius.
The paintings here are the best preserved of any from Roman antiquity — frescoes in brilliant blues, greens, and the inimitable Pompeii reds.
North of the Forum area are two of Pompeii’s most important sites.
More than any of the empire’s colossal arenas, soaring aqueducts, or triumphal arches, you’ll find the everyday reality of Roman life in the bakeries, wine shops, groceries, and brothels of Pompeii, a town of about 25,000 founded before the 6th century b.c.