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Roman city Pompeii-PUBLIC BUILDING AND URBAN IDENTITY- part 1

Roman city Pompeii-PUBLIC BUILDING AND URBAN IDENTITY- part 1

The public buildings in a Roman city were the most prominent features that would have been noted by a visitor to the city. For example, when Pausanias described Panopeus, he did not wish to describe the settlement as a polls, because it lacked public buildings. Therefore, public buildings were considered to be important: more than [...]