File - Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum

Private Buildings: Houses, Shops & Villas By Jessica and Christine

 “Pompeii’s greatest gift to history and social science is

its houses… nowhere else can we see so complete a documentation of ancient home life as at Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum… At Pompeii we have houses of various classes, perfectly preserved in the details of structure and decoration, and we can follow the evolution of home styles through at least three or four centuries” (Maiuri, ‘Pompeii’, p. 84)

Rooms and its features:

August Mau – Plan of Roman house

House of Sallust – atrium and tablinum

Pompeii - kitchen

Men’s public toilets

House of Vetti, Pompeii peristylium

House of the Vetti – inside the portico of the peristyle

House of the Menander – peristyle towards atrium

House of Menander floor plan

Floor plan of House of Vettii Peristyle Garden of House of Vettii

Peristyle Garden of House of Vettii

Entrance to House of Vettii

Second Peristyle

First Peristyle

Atrium with statue of faun in the implivium Floor plan of House of the Faun

View across floor of the tablinum Entrance of House of the Faun with Corinthian capitals on the pilasters flanking the doorway

Courtyard of House of Menander Floor plan of House of Menander

Interior of House of Menander Atrium of House of Menander

Exterior of House of Julia Felix

Interior of House of Julia Felix

Garden of House of Julia Felix

Entrance to House of Julia Felix

Garden

Tablinum

Triclin

Triclinium

Atrium

Floor plan of House of Surgeon

Exterior of House of Surgeon

 CIL IV.4353

“Crescents the net-fighter, of the girls at night…healer.”  CIL IV.4345

“Girls’ showpiece, Celadus the ‘Thracian’”

 Country estates offered “…an escape…where aristocrats

could spend their leisure time in a completely private sphere.” - Zanker

Pompeii house and shop entrance

Remains of a shop in Pompeii

Small shops had L-shaped counters where large storage vessels were sunk and contained either hot or cold food

The strip of shops in Pompeii

Bakery at Pompeii

Preserved shop at Herculaneum

The counter of a shop in Herculaneum

 CIL.IV.1136

“In the estate of Julia Felix, daughter of Spurius – a bath (balneum) for respectable people, shops (tabernae) with rooms above (pergulae) and upstairs flats (cenacula). From the 13th August to the 13th August in the sixth year, five continuous years. The lease will expire at the end of five years”

1995

Exterior of Villa of Mysteries Floor plan Villa of the Mysteries

Wall and Window of Villa of Mysteries

Frescoes inside of Villa of Mysteries

Courtyard with pool of Villa of Papyri (re-production)

Floor plan Villa of Papyri

Villa of Papyri – reconstruction of the marble atrium

Interior of Villa of Papyri (Reproduction)

Interior of Villa Of Papyri under excavation

 “Clearly this villa [was the] residence of an important

family.” (Deiss, Herculaneum, Italy’s Buried Treasure p. 60)  “Jets of water all around the pool transformed it from

an old-fashioned cistern collection basin, into a fanciful fountain for nymphs.” (Deiss, Herculaneum, Italy’s Buried Treasure p. 61)