By co-incidence I saw this on twitter today: > A beautifully preserved thermopolium (cook shop), one of the places in #Pompeii where one could purchase hot and

By co-incidence I saw this on twitter today: > A beautifully preserved thermopolium (cook shop), one of the places in #Pompeii where one could purchase hot and ready-to-eat food. Most Romans resided in insulae and did not have facilities to cook at home and relied on thermopolia to buy their hot meals. (photo) https://twitter.com/carolemadge/status/1184381800656920577 https://twitter.com/carolemadge/status/1184381800656920577 The baking ovens in Pompei are - of course - wood-fired brick structures with domed tops on the inside. Like a pizza oven. http://www.pompeiin.com/en/Bakeries_in_Pompeii.html http://www.pompeiin.com/en/Bakeries_in_Pompeii.html I would be completely unsurprised if there is an unbroken lineage from these shops (in other towns that were not obliterated by Vesuvius) through to Pizzerias in present-day Napoli.