Basilica (VIII,1,1) Built in the second half of the 2nd cent. BC, as part of the plan to create monuments throughout the city. It has a rectangular layout, with three naves, with a ceiling sloping straight down in both directions from the central columns and half columns at the top of the walls, where there...Read More

Public administration buildings (VIII,2,6-10 and 3,1/32/33) Remodeled in opus latericium after the earthquake in 62 AD, these buildings were not built according to a coordinated plan: the two to the east are from the same period (before 80 BC); the other is more recent, and still has its marble floor. These are rectangular rooms, with...Read More

Forum (VII,8) The first monumental arrangement dates from the 2nd cent. BC, with a few buildings and the porticos with their double row of tufa columns. Booking B&B Pompei Il Fauno.Read More

Triangular Forum (VIII,7,30-34) Located at the southern edge of the hill of Pompeii, stretching towards the sea and the River Sarno, this triangular piazza. Only 1 km from the B&B Pompeii Il Fauno.Read More

There were three organs of public administration in Pompei: the popular assembly, i.e., the pòpulus; the council of decurions, called the òrdo decuriònum; and four administrators: two duòviri iùre dicùndo and two aèdiles. The pòpulus, composed of free male citizens, elected the magistrates and public priests, and ratified the deliberations of the Council of decurions....Read More

House of Menander (I,10,4) Built in the 3rd cent. BC and later expanded to over 1,800 m2, over time the house was renovated (2nd cent. BC -1st cent. AD), moving its fulcrum to the peristyle. It may have belonged to the Poppaei family, related to Poppaea Sabina, Nero’s second wife. The atrium Tuscanicum (with roof...Read More

House of the cithara player (I,4,5 and 25) This occupies most of the block (approximately 2700m²), and in the 1st cent. BC joined together existing buildings through renovations and redecoratings. The name comes from the bronze statue of Apollo the Cithara Player found in the peristyle (now at the Naples Museum, like the sculptures mentioned...Read More

House of Caecilius Jucundus (V,1,26) It was built (late 3rd-early 2nd cent. BC) in opus africanum using Sarno limestone, with tufa used for the decorative parts. It is especially famous for its two reliefs—one of which has been stolen, the other (in storage) decorating the lararium (domestic sacellum)—that vividly depicted in popular fashion the effects...Read More

House of the Amorini Dorati (VI,16,7) The name is due to the cherubs on gold laminate (at the Naples Museum) that decorated one room: graffiti reveal the owner to be Cn. Poppaeus Habitus, related to Poppea Sabina, Nero’s second wife. The building (3rd cent. BC, variously remodeled through the 1st cent. AD) is organized around...Read More

House of the baker (VI,3,3) This dates from the 2nd cent. BC, but the remodelling after the 62 AD earthquake converted the ground floor of the house into workrooms, while the residential function moved to the top floor, reached by the stairs to the right of the atrium entrance: it appears that work was not...Read More