Abstract
In his book on the ancient town planning published in 1913, the British historian and archaeologist Francis Haverfield discussed, among several other Italian towns, those of Pompeii and Herculaneum, both destroyed and buried under meters of ash and pumice in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. In this paper, starting from his discussions, we will consider the orientation of their main streets, the decumani. As observed for other Roman towns in Italy, these streets are aligned along the sunrise direction on summer solstice.
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