A thermopolium was a fast-food stand meant for the lower class Pompeians who didn't have cooking tools or amenities of their own to eat, drink, and socialize.

It might seem as though our modern-day appreciation of food trucks and portable snacks is entirely contemporary. As it turns out though, even residents of Pompeii were grabbing meals on the go.

According to The Guardian , archaeologists have just discovered around 150 thermopolia , or snack bars, littered throughout the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. It’s theorized that these were largely frequented by poorer Pompeians who lacked cooking tools and amenities of their own and relied, instead, on these convenient hubs.

Found in Regio V — a 54-acre site north of the Pompeii archaeological park — the 2,000-year-old relics were

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