House of L. Vetutius Placidus and Ascula (at the rear of Themopolium no. 8) (I.viii.9)

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Region I

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Insula VIII

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House 9

Garden

House of L. Vetutius Placidus and Ascula (at the rear of Themopolium no. 8) (I.viii.9)

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An entrance to this small garden (a) was made through the east wall. It was located at the rear of the house and there was a portico on the north supported by two free standing columns and one engaged, all covered with red stucco and connected by a low wall. Fig. 3. A pergola supported by two red columns shaded a masonry triclinium built against the east wall. One column stood on the lectus imus while the other was on a slate base on the corner of the lectus imus. The pergola frame was mortised directly into the back wall at the level of the column capitals. The lectus imus (2.70 m.), the lectus medius (3.00), and the lectus summus (2.86 m.) formed an unusual triclinium because the lectus imus is shorter than the two sides. The lectus summus had a fulcrum and the table measured 0.82 x 0.48 m. The couches were decorated with polychrome floral and geometric designs and the outsides were coated with yellow plaster. It appears there were large animal paintings on the east wall but little of the plaster remains. Excavation uncovered a round monopodium table of marble in the garden.

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Fig. 1: Plan of Pompeii with Region I highlighted, plan in Jashemski, Gardens, p.21

Fig. 2: Plan of Region I, insula viii, plan in Jashemski, *Gardens*, plan 11, p.42; I.viii-ix: plan in Eschebach

Gardens of the Roman Empire

House of L. Vetutius Placidus and Ascula (at the rear of Themopolium no. 8) (I.viii.9)

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