THE GARDENS OF ANCIENT POMPEII

As opposed to most ancient Mediterranean sites, the image the Vesuvian territory covered by the eruption of 79 AD can be recomposed, also in those aspects which were irremediably lost elsewhere.
The refining of the techniques and methods which are peculiar to other scientific fields, applied to the ancient cultures, increases the disposable data, besides those traditionally “archaeological”.
Consequently, the green areas within the tall walls of ancient Pompeii constitute an extraordinary heritage: they uniquely demonstrate the way green areas were distributed within a town two thousand years ago.