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FORUM OF POMPEII

After 80 B.C. The Forum of Pompeii has a central rectangular space, 466 feet long by 124 feet wide, surrounded by the most important public buildings in the city. Like other forums, it is set up on an axial plan. A colonnade lines three sides. In the center of the fourth side, visible in the distance, is the Temple of Jupiter, known as the Capitol...

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TEMPLE OF ISIS

Triangular Forum Pompeii Rebuilt after 62 The Temple of Isis, influenced by Egyptian beliefs, sits on the triangular forum constructed during the Samnite period. The temple cella held images of the gods and sacred water from the Nile. It too was rebuilt after the earthquake of 62....

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PLAN OF THE HOUSE OF PANSA

Pompeii 2nd Century B.C. Based on drawing of Sir Banister Fletcher Redrawn by Douglas A. Russell The floor plan of a typical upper-class home of the Roman Republic. Showing the rather sophisticated living arrangements of the period. Shops surround the house with separate entrances to the surrounding streets. The main entrance leads into the atrium...

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VESTIBULE

House of the Samnite Herculaneum 2nd century B.C. Four styles are generally used to designate the major periods in Pompeian and Roman painting and decoration. The first style covers the period from about 175 B.C. to 80 B.C. The second style dates from about 80 B.C. until 1 A.D. The third style begins around 1 A.D. or somewhat earlier and lasts unt...

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ENTRANCE TO THE FORUM

Forum of Pompeii After 80 B.C. One of the two arches originally covered with marble which flank the Temple of Jupiter and are the main entrances to the forum. The temple was built under the Samnites in the second century B.C....

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FOURTH STYLE HALL

House of Fabius Rufus Pompeii c. 70 The large hall has a black ground and the architectural forms break through the middle area into the top area. The large panel of Apollo, Bacchus, and Venus floats out from the wall, while small figures shimmer in space behind them. Space recedes even further through the rectangular boxlike shapes. The overall e...

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CUBICULUM 38

Villa Oplontis Pompeii 62-79 A beautifully painted ceiling typical of early Imperial times. The space is divided geometrically and delicately decorated....

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LARGE GARDEN ROOM

House of the Vettii Pompeii c. 62 The large garden hall off the peristyle contains some of the most refined painting of the early fourth style. Black bands break up the large red areas and these bands are delicately decorated. For the first time figures are introduced to the band at the base of the wall. In the upper area above the middle zone, a ...

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CALDARIUM

House of Menander Pompeii After 62 An elegant small private bath. The painting is fourth style. The mosaic floors are from earlier Republican times....

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GARDEN NYMPHAEUM

House of Lorelus Tiburinus Pompeii After 62 A great outdoor nymphaeum with water channels, pools, fountains, overhanging vines, and decorative murals....

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