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Pompeii and Herculaneum

Pompeii and Herculaneum. Private Buildings: Houses, Shops & Villas By Jessica and Christine. Written Source by Maiuri on Pompeian Private Houses.

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Pompeii and Herculaneum

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  1. Pompeii and Herculaneum Private Buildings: Houses, Shops & Villas By Jessica and Christine

  2. Written Source by Maiuri on Pompeian Private Houses • “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)

  3. Rooms and its features: August Mau – Plan of Roman house

  4. House of Sallust – atrium and tablinum Pompeii - kitchen

  5. Men’s public toilets House of Vetti, Pompeii - peristylium

  6. House of the Vetti – inside the portico of the peristyle House of Menander floor plan House of the Menander – peristyle towards atrium

  7. House of Vettii - Pompeii Floor plan of House of Vettii Peristyle Garden of House of Vettii

  8. House of Vettii - Pompeii Peristyle Garden of House of Vettii Entrance to House of Vettii

  9. House of the Faun - Pompeii Second Peristyle First Peristyle Atrium with statue of faun in the implivium Floor plan of House of the Faun

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

  11. House of the Menander - Pompeii Courtyard of House of Menander Floor plan of House of Menander

  12. House of Menander- Pompeii Interior of House of Menander Atrium of House of Menander

  13. House of Julia Felix - Pompeii Exterior of House of Julia Felix Interior of House of Julia Felix

  14. House of Julia Felix - Pompeii Garden of House of Julia Felix Entrance to House of Julia Felix

  15. House of the Surgeon Garden Tablinum Triclinium Triclin Atrium Exterior of House of Surgeon Floor plan of House of Surgeon

  16. Graffiti on the walls of Private Houses • CIL IV.4353 “Crescents the net-fighter, of the girls at night…healer.” • CIL IV.4345“Girls’ showpiece, Celadus the ‘Thracian’”

  17. Written Source on Roman Villas • Country estates offered “…an escape…where aristocrats could spend their leisure time in a completely private sphere.” - Zanker

  18. Houses and workshops Pompeii house and shop entrance

  19. Shops at Pompeii Small shops had L-shaped counters where large storage vessels were sunk and contained either hot or cold food Remains of a shop in Pompeii

  20. Shops at Pompeii Bakery at Pompeii The strip of shops in Pompeii

  21. Shops at Herculaneum The counter of a shop in Herculaneum Preserved shop at Herculaneum

  22. Rental Advertisement • 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”

  23. Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii 1995

  24. Villa of the Mysteries - Pompeii Exterior of Villa of Mysteries Floor plan Villa of the Mysteries

  25. Villa of the Mysteries - Pompeii Frescoes inside of Villa of Mysteries Wall and Window of Villa of Mysteries

  26. Villa of Papyri - Herculaneum Courtyard with pool of Villa of Papyri (re-production) Villa of Papyri – reconstruction of the marble atrium Floor plan Villa of Papyri

  27. Interior of Villa of Papyri (Reproduction) Interior of Villa Of Papyri under excavation

  28. Written Source by Deiss on Villa of Papyri • “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)

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