Pompeii, Its Life and Art

PART I

Chapter 2192 wordsPublic domain

PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS

VII. THE FORUM 45

VIII. GENERAL VIEW OF THE BUILDINGS ABOUT THE FORUM.--THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER 61

IX. THE BASILICA 70

X. THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO 80

XI. THE BUILDINGS AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORUM, AND THE TABLE OF STANDARD MEASURES 91

XII. THE MACELLUM 94

XIII. THE SANCTUARY OF THE CITY LARES 102

XIV. THE TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN 106

XV. THE BUILDING OF EUMACHIA 110

XVI. THE COMITIUM 119

XVII. THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS 121

XVIII. THE TEMPLE OF VENUS POMPEIANA 124

XIX. THE TEMPLE OF FORTUNA AUGUSTA 130

XX. GENERAL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS NEAR THE STABIAN GATE.--THE FORUM TRIANGULARE AND THE DORIC TEMPLE 133

XXI. THE LARGE THEATRE 141

XXII. THE SMALL THEATRE 153

XXIII. THE THEATRE COLONNADE USED AS BARRACKS FOR GLADIATORS 157

XXIV. THE PALAESTRA 165

XXV. THE TEMPLE OF ISIS 168

XXVI. THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS MILICHIUS 183

XXVII. THE BATHS AT POMPEII.--THE STABIAN BATHS 186

XXVIII. THE BATHS NEAR THE FORUM 202

XXIX. THE CENTRAL BATHS 208

XXX. THE AMPHITHEATRE 212

XXXI. STREETS, WATER SYSTEM, AND WAYSIDE SHRINES 227

XXXII. THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY 237