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  2. House of the Vettii - Wikipedia

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    The House of Vetti is located in region VI, near the Vesuvian Gate, bordered by the Vicolo di Mercurio and the Vicolo dei Vettii. The house is one of the largest domus in Pompeii, spanning the entire southern section of block 15. [3] The plan is fashioned in a typical Roman domus with the exception of a tablinum, which is not

  3. House of the Surgeon - Wikipedia

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    Ground plan (Mau 1902) Pompeii map The House of the Surgeon [1] is one of the most famous houses in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and is named after ancient surgical instruments that were found there.

  4. House of Sallust - Wikipedia

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    It was decorated in the Pompeian First Style. [2] In successive building phases, additional shops were added on its west side and a peristyle (colonnaded porticus) was added to the garden. [3] In the late Augustan period the house was converted into a hospitium, a hotel on a grand scale. A counter accessible both from the street and the atrium ...

  5. House of the Prince of Naples - Wikipedia

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    The House of the Prince of Naples [1] [2] [3] is a Roman domus (townhouse) located in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy.The structure is so named because the Prince and Princess of Naples attended a ceremonial excavation of selected rooms there in 1898.

  6. House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto - Wikipedia

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    Bedroom 6 is painted in the Fourth Style [5] with a bright golden yellow background. It contains two central figural panels. The first shows Narcissus gazing into his reflection.

  7. Tiny house with elaborate – and erotic – frescoes unearthed ...

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    Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.

  8. Domus - Wikipedia

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    A late 19th-century artist's reimagining of an atrium in a Pompeian domus The domus included multiple rooms, indoor courtyards, gardens and beautifully painted walls that were elaborately laid out. The vestibulum ('entrance hall') led into a large central hall: the atrium , which was the focal point of the domus and contained a statue of or an ...

  9. House of the Tragic Poet - Wikipedia

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    House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection Pompeii map Plan. The House of the Tragic Poet (also called The Homeric House or The Iliadic House) is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BCE.