Pompeii, Its Life and Art

PART II

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THE HOUSES

XXXIII. THE POMPEIAN HOUSE 245

I. Vestibule, Fauces, and Front Door 248

II. The Atrium 250

III. The Tablinum 255

IV. The Alae 258

V. The Rooms about the Atrium. The Andron 259

VI. Garden, Peristyle, and Rooms about the Peristyle 260

VII. Sleeping Rooms 261

VIII. Dining Rooms 262

IX. The Kitchen, the Bath, and the Storerooms 266

X. The Shrine of the Household Gods 268

XI. Second Story Rooms 273

XII. The Shops 276

XIII. Walls, Floors, and Windows 278

XXXIV. THE HOUSE OF THE SURGEON 280

XXXV. THE HOUSE OF SALLUST 283

XXXVI. THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN 288

XXXVII. A HOUSE NEAR THE PORTA MARINA 298

XXXVIII. THE HOUSE OF THE SILVER WEDDING 301

XXXIX. THE HOUSE OF EPIDIUS RUFUS 309

XL. THE HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET 313

XLI. THE HOUSE OF THE VETTII 321

XLII. THREE HOUSES OF UNUSUAL PLAN 341

I. The House of Acceptus and Euhodia 341

II. A House without a Compluvium 343

III. The House of the Emperor Joseph II 344

XLIII. OTHER NOTEWORTHY HOUSES 348

XLIV. ROMAN VILLAS.--THE VILLA OF DIOMEDES 355

XLV. THE VILLA RUSTICA AT BOSCOREALE 361

XLVI. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE 367