Pompei - La Stanza degli Schiavi

We are in a room, Civita Giuliana, a few steps from where the ceremonial chariot was found, a short distance from the stable, and it is a room that opens on a porch, here in front, where the chariot was, which was, as we see, at the same time a shelter, but also a place of life, a place where at least three people slept, there are three beds, very simple, of a little-known type, so we can imagine here the servants, the slaves who worked in these spaces, coming to sleep in the evening, and two beds are a little bigger, they are 1.70 meters, so for adult people, one is smaller, about 1.40 meters, so we can imagine for a child, a child, perhaps for a small family of slaves, but we don't know. We do know, however, that it was certainly a precarious life in these conditions, where there were also amphorae, there were elements of finishing, probably related to the chariot, and there is, on one of the beds, what seems to be a part of the rudder of a chariot, perhaps of the one found here in front, which is extremely well preserved as a print, so they are disposable materials, as well as those of the beds, which have left a void in the ashes, which was then filled with plaster, the calcium method, and so we have in front of us the image, the imprint of this object, where you can see the ropes, the leather elements, then there is also a bit of iron. So an exceptional fragment of everyday life, of everyday work, of a part of the ancient population, which is little known through official sources, which are always, or almost always, from the point of view of the elite, and here instead we see the life of people, of slaves, of Serbs, of people of a very low social status. The excavations of Cirita Giuliana never cease to amaze, another exceptional discovery due to the synergy between the procurement of the Republic of Torre Annunziata and the management of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. The activities also continue in search of a second cart.