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The villa dates from the 2nd century BC and was probably connected to the wine trade, as a large collection of amphorae was found next to the peristyle.The villa was discovered in 1974, 250m east of the Villa of Poppaea, during the construction
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The villa was named following the finding of a bronze seal bearing the name of the presumed owner. Also found were the bodies of a number of victims of the catastrophe as well as a quantity of coins and jewellery. The rustic building is built
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To the left of the tablinum a passageway gives access to a flight of stairs up and leads through to the peristyle beyond. There are additional rooms on the north and south sides of the peristyle.On the south side of the atrium
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Pan and Hermaphrodite. The central part of the house has a standard atrium/garden layout with rooms arranged around all four sides of the atrium, with the tablinum facing the entrance vestibule. From the atrium there are views through
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below)right) which has a window overlooking the garden to the east.The fresco pictured above is from the north wall of the peristyle. Many of the frescoes in the house remain in-situ but many more have been removed, and are now
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On the south side of the atrium a wide portal leads to a second peristyle (pictured below), which, like much of the house was richly decorated in the fourth style. House of the Dioscuri by Andrew Mason CC-BY-GHouse of the Dioscuri by Andrew
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The fresco below is from the north wall of the south peristyle which is accessed from the south side of the atrium.On the south side of the atrium a wide portal leads to a second
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To the right (south) of the tablinum is the richly decorated triclinium (pictured below) which has a window overlooking the garden to the east. To
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Wall paintings with images of mythological subjects were frescoed on the walls of the rooms on either side of the tablinum. .. .. Many more of the frescoes, however, are now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, like that of Perseus and Andromeda pictured below
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This house, in the Via di Mercurio, was excavated between 1826-37. It is also known as the House of Castor and Pollox and would appear to be the combination of three earlier buildings. Its atrium (right) is unusual, being only one of
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House of the Dioscuri by Andrew Mason CC-BY-G House of the Dioscuri by Andrew Mason CC-BY-G - east wall of garden area viewed from the tablinum and atrium.Link to new site: http://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption
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The Via dell'Abbondanza, Pompeii's Decumanus Maximus, was one of the two principal decumani of the city (the other consisted of the Via di Nola and
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Around the middle of the 2nd century BC, the Via Consolare, like the other city streets, was paved with polygonal basalt blocks, as evidenced by
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After the earthquake of AD62, the area around the junction with the Via dell'Abbondanza, the 'Intersection of Holconius', became the principal centre of trade and economic life in the city.Fountain by TinternVia Stabiana looking north towards the Vesuvius Gate at the Aqua Castellum By James TroshVia
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part of one of the other major cardi, the Via di Mercurio, looking south towards the Forum. The route followed by the Via Stabiana was originally that of the main road joining Pompeii to Stabia and Sorrentum to the south. As the town developed, the
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picture (right) is of the entension of the Via Stabiana, the Via del Vesuvio, looking north towards the Vesuvius Gate and the Castellum Aquae.The Via Stabiana was the major road linking the areas within the city where large numbers of citizens congregated, such
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dell'Abbondanza, the Intersection of Holconius, became the principal centre of trade and ecomonicecoonomic life in the city.Fountain by TinternVia Stabiana looking north towards the Vesuvius Gate at the Aqua Castellum By James TroshVia Consolare looking north (Public domain) Via di Mercurio, looking towards forum By mberry
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