ocr: regime. And precisely because Pompeii was not a dominant metropolis but a medium- size provincial town (of about 20,000 population) in a region of more powerful cities among them Capua and Naples), the ruins give US a typical picture of the civiliz- ation and organization oft the average city of its time. When the excavation of Pompeii was started in 1748, the object of the diggers was to recover its works of art to enrich the museums ofthe kings of Naples. Consequent- ly, during the first hundred years the search concentrated on the most important build- ings-the city's Forum, its theaters an ...
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