Pompeii find reveals the secrets of life as a slave in Ancient Rome, frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by volcanic eruption

• A bedroom "assigned to slaves" was discovered by archaeologists near Pompeii.
• The room at the Civita Giuliana villa sheds light on the living conditions of ancient Roman slaves.
• It showed "the precarious and unhygienic conditions in which the lower echelons of society lived."

Archaeologists discovered a small bedroom that was used by slaves in a dig near Pompeii, the Italian culture ministry said in a statement.