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PRIMARY ATRIUM

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 70 B.C. The atrium is reached through a central axis from the entrance. Two corner doors lead to the tablinum. Beyond the main opening is the peristyle corridor....

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BUILDING OF EUMACHIA

Forum of Pompeii Under reconstruction in 79 Headquarters of the guild of fabric washers and dyers, known as fullones. Fabrics also were sold and stored here. To be located on the forum the guild had clearly achieved a prominence in city life. Here we see the brick columns faced with stucco. The doorway in the rear is decorated with spiral acanthus...

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ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF THE FAUN ATRIUM

from Professor Barbette Spaeth, Tulane University This artist's impression gives us an indication of the Atrium with the Impluvium and statue of Faun as it might have looked. The Peristyle is visible through in the rear....

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SECOND STYLE ROOM

Villa of the Mysteries Pompeii c. 60 B.C. A room painted in an early and simple version of the second style. In general the second style divides a wall into three horizontal areas: a base at the foot of the wall; a middle area of broad and narrow fields; and a narrow top area. Painted columns divide the wall vertically. Rooms are made to appear la...

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TEMPLE OF APOLLO

Forum of Pompeii 120 B.C. The temple sits on a platform built on ground sacred since the sixth century B.C....

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FLOOR PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN

Pompeii 2nd Century Courtesy of Professor Barbette Spaeth, Tulane University (Excerpted from Professor Spaeth's accompanying text) This house was among the largest and most elegant of the houses of Pompeii. It took up an entire city block (c. 80 m. long by 35 m. wide or 315 by 115 ft.) and was filled with beautiful works of art, including the famo...

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VIEW OF POMPEII

After 80 B.C. Pompeii lay undisturbed under volcanic ash until the middle of the 18th century. It was discovered by accident in 1748. We are looking at a panorama of the city after it was excavated. Like so many Roman cities, it has organized main streets stretching through the city. Note the archway in the distance....

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ALTAR

Temple of Vespasian Forum of Pompeii 69-79 A marble altar with a relief of a sacrifice....

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VIA DI MERCURIO

Pompeii The wide Via di Mercurio passed through the most well-to-do residential area and was open only to pedestrians....

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PERISTYLE

House of Pansa Pompeii 2nd century B.C. Large columns from an early peristyle or inner colonnaded garden court. The peristyle is a private area in the house....

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