Pompeii: Life in the City with Dan Snow

Dan Snow and Kate Lister explore the working lives of Pompeii's people, from the very rich to the very poor. We explore Pompeii's large slave market, where men, women, and children were sold. Kate explores the lavish house of the Vettii brothers.

Starting at the top end of Pompeii society, Kate visits a wealthy house with its three gardens, winter and summer dining rooms and even its own private bath house. At the Newt in Somerset, we visit a reconstruction of a wealthy Roman home.

Dan and Kate Lister explore what Romans got up to in their spare time from an open-air gym and public baths to Pompeii's massive theatres and bloody gladiatorial games.

Dan and Kate discover that in Pompeii, crime and violence were a daily threat, muggings were commonplace, and a night of drinking could end with fighting in the street. Dan tracks down evidence of the measures taken to protect Pompeii's posh houses.