The Large Palaestra (Reg II, 7)

The Palaestra is next to the Amphitheatre south of the Via dell'Abbondanza in the eastern quarter of the city. It was constructed in the Augustan period and occupies an area of 140 x 130 metres. ..

.. The Palaestra consists of a central area for sporting activities surrounded by a high wall with entrances to east and west. On the inside, along three sides, was a portico of Ionic columns. .. In the centre was a large swimming pool measuring 37 x 4 metres and varying in depth from 1m at the west end to about 3m at the east. There was a large latrine on the south-east side. .. The palaestra had been badly damaged in the earthquake of 62 AD and like many other buildings in Pompeii was still being rebuilt at the time of the eruption.

Large Theatre (Reg VIII, Ins 1, 8)

The Large Theatre, built into the slopes of a hillside in typical Greek form, dates fromthe end of the 3rd century B.C. During the Augustan period it was extensively restored and enlarged, as stated in many inscriptions, under the auspices of the brothers M. Holconius Rufus and M. Holconius Celer. .. .. The cavea was divided into three tiers ( Ima, Media and Summa) and could accommodate in the order of 5,000 spectators. .. The Roman stage, built over the original, had a monumental facade (scaena) adorned with columns, cornices, pediments and statues. The housing for the curtain, which was dropped rather than raised for a performance, can still be seen. .. The audience was protected from the elements by a velarium supported on poles round the outside.

.. The modifications by the freedman Marcus Artorius Primus converted what had been a Hellenistic theatre into the Roman form we see today, very much in line with the layout defined by Vitruvius in his Ten Books on Architecture (Book V, chapter VI, 'Plan of the Theatre'). ..

Macellum (Reg VII, Ins 7, 7/8)

,, The internal square, measuring 37 x 27 metres, had, in its centre, a rotunda with 12 columns containing a fish pond as shown on the plan (right) and in the photograph (below). ,,

The Macellum, or food market, stands in the north-east corner of the Forum. It was a complex built in the imperial age as a covered market, and had large shops on its periphery on the Via degli Augustali and on the Forum as well as on the inside under a colonnade around its large internal square. ,, .. The twelve sided building was probably used as a fish market (a large quantity of fish bones and scales were found in a nearby drain). The facade of the Macellum looking onto the Forum (above left), contains shops which may have been used for money changing. The Macellum had three entrances, the main one on the left of the plan above, accessing directly off the Forum. This entrance was divided into two passageways by an aedicule set in the centre, containing a statue of a member of the Imperial family.

Odeon (Reg VIII, Ins 7, 19)

The upper two tiers of seating (summa and media) consisted of 17 steps, while the lowest (ima) had four and were reserved for the city's decurions. ..		The Odeon, built between 80 and 75 BC, seated about 1500, and was commissioned by two public officials, C. Quinctius Valgus and Marcus Porcius. It consists of a theatre cavea inside a square perimeter wall that supported a pyramid shaped roof. ..
	Architecturally there are many similarities with the nearby Large Theatre.
	.. However, here the orchestra is semi-circular. The entrances are vaulted and supported the tribunalia, reserved for particularly important spectators (pictured above). The scaena as well as the scaenae frons are straight. The latter has five doors which lead to a room behind that served as a dressing room. The orchestra was paved in coloured marbles during the Augustan period. The lower part of the end walls of the cavae are decorated with kneeling Atlantean figures in tufa (pictured left). The Odeon's architecture is based on theatres of the Hellenistic period such as the one in Miletus, dateable to around 170 BC.

Triangular Forum (Reg VIII, Ins 7, 30)

The Triangular Forum takes its name from the unusual shape of the site. It was probably laid out during the Samnite period in the second century B.C. It was entered by way of an elegant monumental portico of tufa Ionic columns on its shortest side (pictured below). .. The southern part of the forum contained a Doric Temple built in the 6th century BC. Further on are the remains of a sacred well covered by a small, circular temple with eight doric columns (pictured right) sponsored by N. Trebius.

.. It had a portico with ninety-five Doric columns around three sides leaving only the south-west side open to allow views of the coast. Inside the entrance was a fountain and a statue to M. Claudius Marcellus, nephew of Emperor Augustus. ..