https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/1bc04f1a13/Recent content in House 4 on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 15:10:39 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/a6b8558341/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/a6b8558341/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>1916, 1918 and 1921.</p> <h2 id="house">House</h2> <p>Casa Dell'Augustale; Casa Della Corona di Alloro; Casa della Corona di Quercia; House of Messius Ampliatus</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>The east <a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004145" target="_blank">portico</a> gave access to the narrow garden to the back of the house.</p> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>Jashemski, W.F. 1979. <em>'The Garden of Hercules at Pompeii' (II.viii.6): The Discovery of a Commercial Flower Garden.</em>, American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 83, no. 4, pp. 403-411. [link](<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/504139" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/504139</a>. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020.)</li> <li>W. F. Jashemski, 1993, <em>Gardens of Pompeii: Herculaneum and the villas destroyed by Vesuvius. Volume 2, Appendices, p.83.</em> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/222353569" target="_blank">(worldcat)</a></li> <li>Vittorio Spinazzola, 1910-1923, <em>Pompei alla luce degli Scavi Nuovi di Via dell'Abbondanza, pp.376 (after map in which the garden is labelled hortus) 481 on pp.409-416, 418.</em></li> <li>Spinazzola, V. and Aurigemma, S. 1953. <em>Pompei Alla Luce Degli Scavi Nuovi Di Via Dell'abbondanza (anni 1910-1923),</em> Roma: Libreria dello Stato, map after p. 376 where this garden is labeled <em>hortus</em>.<a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/905639908" target="_blank">worldcat</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=courtyards">courtyards (uncovered spaces)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004095" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004095</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=porticoes">porticoes</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004145" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004145</a>) </li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=House%20of%20Messius%20Ampliatus" title='search for "House of Messius Ampliatus" within GRE'>House of Messius Ampliatus</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/634179974" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:634179974</a>) </li> </ul>https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/260813cd75/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/260813cd75/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>Unspecified</p> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>1916, 1918 and 1921.</p> <h2 id="house">House</h2> <p>Casa Dell'Augustale; Casa Della Corona di Alloro; Casa della Corona di Quercia; House of Messius Ampliatus</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>The <a href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004145" target="_blank">portico</a> which bordered the peristyle garden on the north and east side was accessed from the entrance hall. This site had been extensively damaged prior to excavation.</p> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>Della, Corte M, <em>Case Ed Abitanti Di Pompei</em>, Pompei-scavi: M. Della Corte, 1954. Print. <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/878618392" target="_blank">worldcat</a></li> <li>Jashemski, Wilhelmina F, <em>'The Garden of Hercules at Pompeii' (II.viii.6): The Discovery of a Commercial Flower Garden.</em>,American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 83, no. 4, 1979, pp. 403-411. [link](<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/504139" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/504139</a>. Accessed 2 Dec. 2020.)</li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=courtyards">courtyards (uncovered spaces)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004095" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004095</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=porticoes">porticoes</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004145" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004145</a>) </li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=House%20of%20Messius%20Ampliatus" title='search for "House of Messius Ampliatus" within GRE'>House of Messius Ampliatus</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/634179974" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:634179974</a>) </li> </ul>