Educational Activities
If you were a slave, child, freedman, or elite woman living and working at Oplontis . . . what would your life have been like? Pick a scroll to learn more about the people who lived in the town of Oplontis near Pompeii. Each scroll dives deeper into daily life through artifacts in the exhibition and references to ancient literary sources. Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii reveals not only the lavish lifestyle of ancient Rome's wealthiest citizens but also the children, slaves, and freedmen who lived in Oplontis.
Businessman
Elite woman
Elite child
Freedman
Paterfamilias
Slave woman
Slave man
Slave child