News Summary

• Tourism was generally only available to the Roman upper classes, who had the means and time to fund it.
• Wealthy and prominent Romans would often visit places designed to heal both their bodies and their spirits.
• One of the most popular sites for this kind of travel were the Temples of Asclepius.
• Leaders from all over the ancient world would travel to receive advice from the Oracle of Delphic Pythia, who would have been a priest of Apollo over the age of 50.