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Historical Enactors

Historical enactors dressed in period clothing will portray characters from Ancient Rome, bringing a more personal perspective to the story of Pompeii. You may encounter these characters:

• a legionnaire just back from a successful campaign to enlarge the Roman Empire
• a retired vestal virgin sharing stories of her years of service in the Temple of Vesta 
• a gladiator whose skill in the arena has thus far kept him from inevitable death 
• a friendly worker tending counter at the local thermopolium (ancient fast-food restaurant) who loves to share local gossip 
• a senator's wife promoting her husband and the state of politics in the empire 
• a trader whose tales of travel to the far corners of the empire will captivate listeners

This exhibit is based on the design and presentation developed by the Gulf Coast Exploreum, the Science Museum  of Minnesota, the San Diego Natural History Museum, and Discovery Place. Organized by Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei.