What was life like for normal people living in Pompeii? Up until recently, archaeological digs have mainly focused on the lavish villas of wealthy residents in the ancient Roman city, which was buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. But the latest discoveries at the site, announced by Pompeii’s archaeological park on Saturday, give a peek into what life was like for the city’s middle class, those with disposable income to buy home décor who still worried about feeding their families. “In the Roman empire, there was an ample chunk of the population that…