They were likely hired by one of the city's elite, perhaps a Roman official wanted Pompeii-like interior to remind him of home.

他们很可能是被这个城市的其中一个精英雇佣的，也许是一位罗马官员想要庞培式的内部装饰，好让他怀念家乡。

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Seaside resorts located at Pompeii and Herculaneum afforded citizens the opportunity to escape to their vacation villas in order to avoid the summer heat of Rome.

位于庞贝和赫库兰尼姆的海滨度假胜地为市民提供了机会，他们可以逃离到自己的度假别墅，以避开罗马夏季的炎热。

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26#May 1984—New Discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum

26/51 1984年5月——庞贝和赫库兰尼姆的新发现

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Around 2.5m tourists visit Pompeii, which sits near the southern city of Naples, every year.

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Here, in the smoking ruins of Pompeii, sometimes it's hard to see the light.

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That is out of a total of about 1, 150 bodies that have been discovered in Pompeii.

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