Jashemski, W. (2021). "VIII.4.15. House of C. Cornelius Rufus; House of C. Cornelius Adiutor." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/bbe1da0ca1/

VIII.4.15. House of C. Cornelius Rufus; House of C. Cornelius Adiutor

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

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Garden Description

Eighteen partially fluted columns supported the large portico (a) surrounding this spacious peristyle garden. Excavated in 1861, the garden was located at the rear of the tablinum and could be viewed from the large triclinium on the east or the exedra on the west. A wooden fence had enclosed the garden as evidenced by the vertical slots in the columns where the fence had been secured. The portico held two puteals, one marble and the other travertine. A gutter circled the garden and at the south end a pool 0.90 x 1.05 m.; 0.18 m. deep contained a fountain. There was also a fountain located in the atrium, which became a common house feature after the completion of the aquaduct. At the edge of the marble impluvium two ornate trapezophori flanked a round opening containing the bronze water key that controlled the water jet in the center of the impluvium.

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula IV

Images

Fig. 13, 11.10.59 (Stanley Jashemski, Jashemski Archives, University of Maryland)

Bibliography

  • Breton, Pompeia, 3rd ed. pp. 471-472 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1861 al 1872, p. 6 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, p. 342 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, pp. 213-214 (worldcat)
  • Lugebil, Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica (1861), p. 238 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 2, "Descr. gen," p. 67 (worldcat)
  • Pernice, Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmundungen, Beckenuntersatze, Altare und Truhen, pp. 1, 24, 28, 37 and fig. 1 on p. 2. (worldcat)

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