Pompeii

Pompeii

Lawrence Technological University

May 18, 2016

Thermopolium

Allen, Will (photograph)

Single Built Works

2015

Italy (nation)

Pompeii (deserted settlement)

Imperial (Roman)

thermopolia

counters (furniture)

View from street looking into thermopolium with marble counter and cellar in background. "Numerous convenience-food restaurants (so called thermopolia, cauporioe, tavernae) have been found in Pompeii and other parts of ancient Rome. It is clear that establishments like these were patronized by the general population of the city ... Generally open to the street, each had a large counter with heated receptacles set in the middle from which food and drink would have been served much like a modern steam table in the school cafeteria. The thermopolium was a sort of service counter that provided hot food and beverages for snacking on the run or for take-out meals to eat at home,"--Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl: An Encyclopedia, edited by Melitta Weiss Adamson, Francine Segan.

brickwork (masonry)

marble (rock)

jpeg

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