Jashemski, W. (2021). "VIII.2.3. House of Championnet II." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/b134587b51/

VIII.2.3. House of Championnet II

Contributor: Yifan Li
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-07-29

Excavation Dates

1799

Garden Description

This house, very similar to VII.ii.1, was also excavated in 1799. This peristyle garden had fourteen columns and was more rectangular. There was a terrace to the rear and a small room off the northwest corner of the peristyle which Mazois and Fiorello have labeled a sacrarium.

Plans

Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II
Plan of the Pompeii Region VIII, Insula II, 1-20

Bibliography

  • Boyce, Corpus of the Lararia of Pompeii, Memoris of the American Academy in Rome (1937), p. 74, no. 342 (worldcat)
  • Breton, Pompeia, 3rd ed. p. 501 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 442 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 205 (worldcat)
  • Mau, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts (1892), p. 14 and pl. 1 (plan) [https://search.worldcat.org/title/860559196)
  • Mazois, Les ruines de Pompei dessinees et mesurees pendant les annees (1809-1810-1811), 2:62 and pls. 21 (plan), 22 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Antonio, Fausto, and Felice, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 3, "Topografia," pl. 6 (plan) (worldcat)
  • Noack and Lehmann-Hartleben, Baugeschichtliche Untersuchungen am Stadtrand von Pompeji, pp. 121-128 passim and fig. 32 (plan) on p. 116 and pl. 17 (plans). (worldcat)

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