VIII.3.24.

Province

Italia
Italia (Pleiades)

Location

Pompeii
Pompeii (Pleiades)

Location Description

An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Sublocation

Region VIII

Insula

Insula III

Keywords

Garden Description

A. The earthquake destroyed an elegant house on this site and this house was subsequently rebuilt on the ruins. A long fauces terminated in the garden (a) which was bounded on the north and part of the east and west sides by a portico. A low wall connected the supporting columns with an entrance on the west and east and two puteals integrated into the wall. The original excavation plan shows a water channel bordering the garden on the west, north and east sides. B. Backed up to the ancient caupona there was a second garden (b) next to the triclinium (c).

Plans

Plan of Region VIII Insula III

Plan of Region VIII Insula III

Pleiades ID

432873

TGN ID

7031897

Excavation Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

  • Breton, Pompeia, pp. 497-498 and drawing of stibadium on p. 499 (worldcat)
  • Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, pp. 328, 330 (worldcat)
  • Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 211 (worldcat)
  • Niccolini, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei designati e descritti, vol. 2, “Descr. gen,” p. 66 (worldcat)
  • Pernice, Hellenistische Tische, Zisternenmündungen, Beckenuntersätze, Altäre und Truhen p. 15 (worldcat)

Contributor

Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)

Publication date

21 Apr 2021