Caupona, VI.I.1
Province
Province Description
The Italian peninsula extending northward to the Alps as recognized by the Romans.
Location
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
Insula
Insula I
Garden
VI.I.1
Keywords
- triclinia (couches)AAT:300142552triclinia (rooms)AAT:300004359
- pergolasAAT:300006783
- cisterns (plumbing components)AAT:300052558
- gutters (building drainage components)AAT:300052565
Garden Description
Just inside the Porta di Ercolano was a small inn pressed against the city wall that had a garden with a masonry triclinium (l. medius, 3.95 m.; l. imus 4.00; l. summus 3.75 m.). A vine covered pergola had provided shade to the triclinium and the sockets in the back wall where the pergola roof supports fitted were visible when this area was excavated in 1787. Rooms upstairs provided overnight accommodations for guests. A cistern opening in the southwest corner of the garden received water from a gutter that ran along the south edge.
Dates
79 CE
Bibliography
Dyer, pp. 307-308, plan, p. 308 (worldcat)
Fiorelli, Descr., p.76 (worldcat)
Jashemski, Gardens, 1:168 and fig. 249 on p.168 (worldcat)
Idem, Gardens, vol. II, p. 119 (worldcat)
Mazois, 2:46, pl. 9, figs. 3, 5 (worldcat)
PAH, vol. 1, pt.2, p.36 (Mar. 8, 1787) (worldcat)
Soprano, p. 300, no. 13.