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But where would you go in antiquity to eat in Pompeii? Well there were food stands of sorts, soup counters really built into the front of houses, for instance like this one\u2026
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Notice the fresco at the end of the lunch counter\u2026 so, yes, they had fast food in those days.
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Here\u2019s one more soup counter from Pompeii to compare to the first one\u2026
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After lunch you might well go to the \u2018gymnasium\u2019\/baths not to work out but to sweat out\u2014 Here is one of the famous baths of Pompeii\u2014
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By way of reminder, there were three rooms in a bath, with 3 temps of water\u2013hot, tepid, and cool, or as they called it cauldarium, tepidarium, and frigidarium.
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But suppose you were just in port, and didn\u2019t know where to find the baths? Well in fact there were shop signs, for example like this one, with big red letters\u2026.
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