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RM2CE0NN7–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . en-ing, but the best authorities render it a mackerel. It was caught, ac-cording to Pliny, in the Straits of Gibraltar, entering from the ocean, and wasused for no purpose but to make garum. The best was called garum sociorum,a term of which we have seen no satisfactory explanation, and sold for 1000sesterces for two congii, about £4 a gallon. An inferior kind, made from theanchovy (aphya), was
RM2CDBBBK–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ll scale, and isscarcely worth a minute description : the other is moreremarkable, though not larger. A prothyrum leads from the narrow street which runs be-side the basilica into a tetrastyle atrium. The columns haveevidently been composed of old materials worked up again,and stuccoed over to make a fair show. At the foot of onewhere this coating is broken away, part of the fluted shaft of HOUS
RM2CDBTCR–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . 342 POMPEII. ceiling is richly fretted. The compluvium also was orna-mented with a row of triangular tiles called antefixes, onwhich a mask or some other object was moulded in relief.Below, lions heads are placed along the cornice at intervals,forming spouts through which the water was discharged intothe impluvium beneath. Part of this cornice, found in thehouse of which we speak, is well deserv
RM2CDY6TJ–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Tenninal figure in the Temple of Venus.. Dwarfs, from a painting at Pompeii. Ionic votive column, with a tablet carved in relief upon itsshaft, meant to receive the inscription stating by whom andon what occasion it was consecrated. The cell had a pilasterat each of the external angles, and the walls were stuccoed inimitation of masonry. In front of the steps was the greataltar. An inscription o
RM2CDBJ2A–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . middle of which is a round marble basininclosed in a square compartment. At the bottom of thexystus are the remains of a room or saloon 12 or 14 feetsquare, paved with mosaic, and supported by six colmnns.In the wall are three niches for statues, the middle one ofwhich has a vaulted summit, in which remains of mosaic andshells may still be seen. It would be difficult to say to whatpurpose this b
RM2CDB382–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Geometrical elevation of the Tomb of Mamia restored. Corinthian order, but the capitals are gone. Mazois hasgiven a restoration of it, according to his notions of the cha-racteristics of Pompeian architecture : the existing part maybe distinguished by the uneven line which bounds it. Severalill-executed marble statues, now in the Eoyal Museum ofNaples, were found in the interior, which was set r
![. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . to the servants. Hence the word tricli-nium, Tpsts jcAtVai, three beds, which name is given both to the couches and to theroom. The distance between the sides of this podium, and the opening in theeiist side of it, as represented in the plan, together with the gutter surroundingit, make the second account of it moie probable. [The construction of theplatform is not adapted to a triclinium.] * He Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CE07XA/pompeii-its-history-buildings-and-antiquities-an-account-of-the-destruction-of-the-city-with-a-full-description-of-the-remains-and-of-the-recent-excavations-and-also-an-itinerary-for-visitors-to-the-servants-hence-the-word-tricli-nium-tpsts-jcatvai-three-beds-which-name-is-given-both-to-the-couches-and-to-theroom-the-distance-between-the-sides-of-this-podium-and-the-opening-in-theeiist-side-of-it-as-represented-in-the-plan-together-with-the-gutter-surroundingit-make-the-second-account-of-it-moie-probable-the-construction-of-theplatform-is-not-adapted-to-a-triclinium-he-2CE07XA.jpg ". Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . to the servants. Hence the word tricli-nium, Tpsts jcAtVai, three beds, which name is given both to the couches and to theroom. The distance between the sides of this podium, and the opening in theeiist side of it, as represented in the plan, together with the gutter surroundingit, make the second account of it moie probable. [The construction of theplatform is not adapted to a triclinium.] * He Stock Photo")
RM2CE07XA–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . to the servants. Hence the word tricli-nium, Tpsts jcAtVai, three beds, which name is given both to the couches and to theroom. The distance between the sides of this podium, and the opening in theeiist side of it, as represented in the plan, together with the gutter surroundingit, make the second account of it moie probable. [The construction of theplatform is not adapted to a triclinium.] * He
RM2CDBH1Y–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ails roundthe lid. A corridor leads into a peristyle having thirtystuccoed columns. In one of the angles of the peristyle wasa bronze bath, the only one of the kind yet discovered inPompeii. The skeleton of a woman, with her jewels, wasalso found in this garden, at a height of six or seven feet fromthe ground. After surmounting many obstacles in herattempt to escape, her strength seems to have f
RM2CDAY2E–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Bronze Vase. This seems, from the ornaments, to have been a wine-vessel,and probably was used in sacrifice, as well as in domesticlife. The next groups of vessels, though nearly destitute of orna-ment, and probably of a very ordinary class, will serve togive us some idea of the cooking vessels of the Romans.The first four are ladles (simpula), used, among other purposes,for making libations from
RM2CE0G8N–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . thby the river Liris, and on the south by the Silarus. Theline of coast included between these points is broken by twofar-projecting capes, Misenum and the promontory of Mi-nerva, between which lies a deep recess, called from its shapeCrater, the Cup, or the Gulf of Cumas, and known in moderntimes as the Bay of Naples. At the bottom of this bay stoodPompeii, about thirteen miles south-east of Na
RM2CDB0N1–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . expressed,with great skill; the pointed ears, the goats tail, the shaggyskin, the flat nose, and the ample rotundity of body, leave nodoubt on our minds as to the person intended to be represented.The head, especially, is admirable, both in respect of work-manship and expression. Some remarkable tripods are figured and described inMr. Donaldsons Pompeii, and others will be found in theworks on H
RM2CDBF9P–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . customary puteal, or well-cover. This is madeof a white calcareous stone, in which the constant friction ofthe cords used in raising water has worn deep channels. Thewalls of the atrium remain perfect nearly to their originalelevation, as is proved by the existence of the capitals of theCorinthian pilasters. On the left-hand side of the atrium in the corner next thetablinum, the two large chests
RM2CE6EE4–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . rongly illus-trative of the importance of the subject, for choosing a propersituation for a theatre. When the Forum is finished, ahealthy situation must be sought for, wherein the theatremay be erected to exhibit sports on the festival days of theimmortal gods. For the spectators are detained in theirseats by the entertainment of the games, and remaining quietfor a long time, their pores are ope
RM2CE5X0D–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Comic Scene from a Painting at Pompeii. Devoted as the Greeks were to beauty, an ugly or plebeianPromxtheus, or Agamemnon, or Achilles, would have beenintolerable, but an ugly Apollo would inevitably have beenhooted off the stage. Many imitations of masks carved in THE THEATRES. 201 marble still exist, which display great beauty and excellenceof workmanship. We know much less of the minuti^ of t
RM2CE7T8G–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ainted flesh-colour, withblack hair and beards : the moulding of the pedestal and thebaskets on their heads were in imitation of gold; and thepedestal itself, as well as the wall behind them and theniches for the reception of the clothes of the bathers, werecoloured to resemble red porphyry. Six of these nichesare closed up without any apparent reason. The ceiling is worked in stucco, in low rel
RM2CDB0WN–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ossed vases in the NeapolitanMuseum, that this embossed work was formed, either byplating with a thin leaf of metal figures already raised uponthe surface of the article, or by letting the solid figures intothe substance of the vessel, and finishing them with delicatetools after they were attached. In the second sort the inlaidwork was even with the surface, and was called crusta,^ andthe art wa
RM2CDBT7M–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . e distinguished by different shades. Theoriginal cornice is the darker, marked A; the second coatingis left white; the third and last is faintly shaded. This waspainted, which neither of the two earlier cornices appear tohave been. In the restoration, the impluvium is surroundedwith a mosaic border. This has disappeared, if ever therewas one ; but mosaics are frequently found in this situation,a
RM2CDB2M3–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . hstands beside them is one of those which were composed oftwo tables or pages, and served for memorandums, letters,and other writings, not intended to be preserved. They werecomposed of leaves of wood or metal coated over with wax,upon which the ancients wrote with a stylus, or iron pen, orpoint rather, for it was a solid sharp-pointed instrument, some 534 POMPEII. inches in length, like a ladys
RM2CDB18G–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Candelabra.. CAi«!E)£a.X,j;*/i AilO VASJIE*. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 545 pin. The end rings, 5, 5, 5, which are placed at differentheights, as shown at h, will then be brought into the samevertical line, and the round pin, C, which terminates thestem, passes through them, and is secured by a pin, 7, passingthiough the hole, 8, which keeps the whole tight. The shaftis square and hollow, terminated by
RM2CDARYR–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . coincidewith G H, and E F H G will form the pallium or mantle.Join the edges E D, F C by folding the dress in the lineI K L, leaving the fold E F H G on the outside; divide thetop into three equal parts, and attach the back and fronttogether by buckles placed at the points M N, and we havethe tunico-pallium open at the right side. Having described the dress, the next thing is to place iton the w
RM2CDAPWP–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Gold Pin..
RM2CE75GF–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . n some particulars about these baths from an in-scription on a slab of travertine, found in May, 1857, in asmall room on their northern side, and now preservedin the National Museum.* This inscription records, thaiC Vulius and P. Aninius, duumvirs for administering jus-tice, caused a Laconicum and Destrictarium to be made, andthe Portico and Palaestra to be repaired, in compliance with * Pomp. A
RM2CDBHNE–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . de carriedon in them. From the number of amphorae found on hispremises, as well as several Bacchic emblems, he wasprobably a wine merchant. At the bottom of the fiistatrium is the tablinum, having an apartment on each sideof it, and a corridor or fauces leading into the peristyle.This is of larger dimensions than usual, occupying nearly thewhole breadth of the two atria, and being thus, contrary
RM2CDBC3D–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . d Fruits,from an inscription showing that dried fruits were sold in it;and, indeed, a considerable quantity of figs, raisins, chesnuts,plums, hempseed, and similar articles were found. It is nowhowever usually called the Street of the Augustals. Nearthe point at which this street is intersected by that ofEumachia, running at the back of the east side of the Forum,there is a remarkably graceful p
RM2CDY952–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . orm, two hundicd and twenty feetin length by eighty, and corresponds in some particulars with * The destination of this building, which is pretty pla- from its construc-tion, is accidentally confirmed by a graffito of the word JJassilica (thoughsomewhat misspelt) near one of its side entrances. See Wuidsworth, Inscrip^tiones Pompeiance, p. 14; Garrucci, Graffiti cU Pompct, p. 81. Anothergraffito
RM2CDBF2W–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . rifice, between which there are alternately red and azurepanels. The red panels rest upon a blue band and the bluepanels on a red band, and the paintings on these bands arevaried according to their colour. Upon the red are ferociousanimals chasing their prey, or themselves pursued by dogs, HOUSE OF CASTOR AND POLLUX. 409 or throwing themselves into the water to quench their thirst;on the blue ar
RM2CDX498–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . naments appropriate to baths,and of a whimsical invention to symbolize water and bathing.The floor is paved with white marble worked in mosaic, andthe ceiling appears to have been divided into white panelswithin red borders. It has six doors : one leads to the prse-furnium, marked h in the plan ; another into the small room,perhaps destined for a wardrobe; the third, by a narrowpassage {a) to th
![. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . On the next page we have something like a wine-basket,made of clay, called ayyoOriKr]^ or kyyvoSrjKrj, by the Greeks,and incitega by the Romans, containing two glass vessels, ofthe kind called 6^v^a(f>ov, because, being narrow in the neck,the liquor came out drop by drop. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 559 There is no doubt but that the Romans possessed glass insufficient plenty to apply it to purposes o Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CDAWJT/pompeii-its-history-buildings-and-antiquities-an-account-of-the-destruction-of-the-city-with-a-full-description-of-the-remains-and-of-the-recent-excavations-and-also-an-itinerary-for-visitors-on-the-next-page-we-have-something-like-a-wine-basketmade-of-clay-called-ayyoorikr-or-kyyvosrjkrj-by-the-greeksand-incitega-by-the-romans-containing-two-glass-vessels-ofthe-kind-called-6vafgtov-because-being-narrow-in-the-neckthe-liquor-came-out-drop-by-drop-domestic-utensils-559-there-is-no-doubt-but-that-the-romans-possessed-glass-insufficient-plenty-to-apply-it-to-purposes-o-2CDAWJT.jpg ". Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . On the next page we have something like a wine-basket,made of clay, called ayyoOriKr]^ or kyyvoSrjKrj, by the Greeks,and incitega by the Romans, containing two glass vessels, ofthe kind called 6^v^a(f>ov, because, being narrow in the neck,the liquor came out drop by drop. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 559 There is no doubt but that the Romans possessed glass insufficient plenty to apply it to purposes o Stock Photo")
RM2CDAWJT–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . On the next page we have something like a wine-basket,made of clay, called ayyoOriKr]^ or kyyvoSrjKrj, by the Greeks,and incitega by the Romans, containing two glass vessels, ofthe kind called 6^v^a(f>ov, because, being narrow in the neck,the liquor came out drop by drop. DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 559 There is no doubt but that the Romans possessed glass insufficient plenty to apply it to purposes o
RM2CDBE0T–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . 416 POMPEII. as the laying in of provisions, &c., for which its size andsituation seem to adapt it. The other numerous apartmentsin this quarter of the house are not worth a minute descrip-tion, being mean and small, and apparently suited only tothe occupation of slaves. Separated from the House of Castor and Pollux by a narrowstreet, is a house chiefly remarkable for containing picturesof no ve
RM2CE2GGY–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Ancient Bolt. DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF ITALY. 265 some of these. The key was found in Pompeii, and from itssize seems to have been a door-key. The bolt is preserved. Key and Hinge.
RM2CDXCCF–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . pottery, from the fragments of vases andtiles which have been discovered under the base. The spotis elevated considerably above the level of the plain, whichit overlooks, but is not quite so high as the Forum. Nearthe south-west corner of the building is an exedra, or seat,placed to afford the worshippers and others the full enjoy-ment of the magnificent and extensive view. The seat issemicircul
RM2CDBEYN–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . s. 42, 43.Anteroom and bedchamber, probably meant for the use ofsome upper servant. Eeturning through the tablinum and atrium, we enter themost splendid apartment of the house, called the court of thepiscina, from a reservoir of more than common dimensions.The colonnade, 44, is formed by eight columns, four on eachside, with angular antes, and engaged columns at the corners.They are stuccoed and
RM2CDBHD1–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . was the richness of its furniture and HOUSE OF THE FAUN. 395 decorations, and especially of its mosaics. In an apartmentin the middle of the peristyle was found the famous mosaicof the battle of Issus, now in the Museum at Naples, whichwe have already described. The threshold of one of thedoors leading into the atrium had also a mosaic, unique bothfor its execution and for its state of preservat
RM2CDAT5K–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . e been based on a statue from Herculaneum, inwhich a Neapolitan antiquary thinks that he has discoveredthe nature and construction of that compound garment called 568 POMPEII. the tunico-palliiim, in which the appearance and uses of thetunic and mantle were united. It is the statue of a womanemployed in buckling her dress over the right shoulder,having already fastened it on the left, in such a
RM2CE11T2–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . /I7 «.^ t- r o u t c t vj-;^^ C O 0 O ^, 0 ^ c o o 0 o . -.^^ no g 0 o 0 .° /?•VJ. Bee-hives made of Bronze. CHAPTEE III. PRIVATE HOUSES. To notice all the houses excavated at Pompeii, even if therewere materials for it, would be wearisome in the extreme. Weintend therefore merely to select some of the most important,to be described at length, the arrangement of which may-serve, with variations
RM2CDX7KY–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . intro-duced into modern furnaces, but its use in reducing the con-sumption of fuel is well known. It is necessary to apprizethe reader that the terms frigidarium, tepidarium, andcaldarium, are applied to the apartments in which the cold,tepid, and hot baths are placed, as well as to those vessels inwhich the operation of heating the water is carried on. Thefurnace and the coppers were placed bet
RM2CDYX9T–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . From the paintings in the Temple of Augustus. attached to the centre of the back wall, possibly destined tosupport the effigies of the gods to whom the place was sacred.The altar stands in the centre of the area, nearly in front ofeach statue. The building is terminated at the end by asemicircular recess, where there is a raised seat for the chiefmagistrates. At the side of one of the recesses i
RM2CDBDJE–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . hamber or closet,which has no other opening than a large window to theatrium, above a dwarf wall sixteen inches high, covered witha marble coping, in which the traces of an iron grating areclearly to be seen. There are also, on both sides of theaperture, the marks of locks or latches, from which we mayinfer that two portions of the grating might be opened orclosed at pleasure. The only explanati
RM2CE2K1E–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . s,has given a fancy picture of the habitation of a Eomannoble of the highest class, in which he has embodied allthe scattered notices of domestic life, which a diligent pe-rusal of the Latin writers has enabled him to collect. Hisdescription of the triclinium of Scaurus will give thereader the best notion of the style in which such anapartment was furnished and ornamented. For each par-ticular i
RM2CDBKGM–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. applause for thus escaping the necessity of expressingpassions which his art was unable to portray. The figure ofthe maiden is beautiful, but, by a strange oversight, she hasno legs, or if she has, they are hidden behind one of hersupporters in a way which it is not very easy to understand.The draperies are for the most part shades of blue andpurple, and the effect of
RM2CDB03Y–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Moveable Tripod. Another interesting class of household articles comprehendsthe braziers, which, in the want of that peculiarly English con-venience, an open fireplace, served at once to warm the rooms,to keep dishes hot, or boil water, and perhaps to perform DOMESTIC UTENSILSo 551 such culinary operations as required no elaborate preparation.One of these, intended merely to heat a room, we have
RM2CE1Y59–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Mosaic Picture by Dioscorides of Samos. in Pompeii, which may truly be called pictures in mosaic,and surpass in beauty any specimens which have been found. ?uosMC OF bAiar POMPEIAN AKT. 277 jjlsewhere. One of these has been drawn and described inp. 203, Part I.: it occupied the central compartment in thetablinum of the House of the Tragic Poet. Another was foundin the house called the Villa of C
RM2CDBB8F–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ined the name of Casa Sella Caccia, from agreat painting on the wall of the peristyle representing acombat with wild beasts in the amphitheatre. The spacebetween the Vico Storto and the Street of Stabias remainsfor the most part unexcavated. Passing on to the insula bounded on the north by theStreet of Holconius, on the south by the Street of Isis, onthe west by the Street of the Theatres, and o
RM2CE49ME–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . adversaries is nowhere visible. This bas-relief is terminatedby the combat between a light-armed gladiator and a Samnite.This last beseeches the spectators to save him, but it appearsfrom the action of the principal figure that this is notgranted. The conqueror looks towards the steps of theamphitheatre; he has seen the fatal signal, and in replyprepares himself to strike. Between the pilasters
RM2CE4GPF–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ^dvaros. 236 POMPEII. secutores have a very plain helmet, that their adversary mayhave little or no opportunity of pulling it off with the net or. trident; the right arm is clothed in armour, the left bore adypeus, or large round shield; a sandal tied with narrow THE AMPHITHEATRE. 237 bands forms the covering for their feet. They wear no body-armour, no covering but a cloth round the waist, for
RM2CE2XWG–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . tables. On the left a bunch of small birds, a stringof fish, a boar with a girth about his body, and a magnifi-cently curling tail, and a few loaves, or rather cakes, of theprecise pattern of some which have been found in Pompeii:on the right, an eel spitted on a wire, a ham, a boars head,and a joint of meat, which, as pig-meat seems to have beenin request here, we may conjecture to be a loin of
RM2CDY4WW–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . are copies. These consist of nine cylindricalholes cut in an oblong block of tufa ; there are five large forgrain, and four smaller for wine : the former had a slidingbottom, that the grain when measured might be easily re-moved. The latter are provided with tubes to draw off theliquid. These measures are placed near what we have alreadysupposed to be >the horrea, or public granaries. Having
RM2CDAX5R–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . is inthe act of seizing the bridle of one of the animals. The 556 POMPEII. whole is painted in white on a black ground, except some fewof the details, which are yellow, and the car and mantle ofthe genius, which are red. The handles represent knottedcords, or flexible branches interlaced, which terminate in theheads of animals. This vase is much cracked, probably inconsequence of the violence of
RM2CE49H2–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . st is coated withwhite stucco. The floor is elevated two steps above thelevel of the tablinum. A curious religious painting, now almost efiaced, wasfound in the kitchen, representing the worship offered to theLares, under whose protection and custody the provisionsand all the cooking utensils were placed. In the centre isa sacrifice in honour of those deities, who are representedbelow in the usu
RM2CDB8DE–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . at Pompeii. Thebeautiful statuette of Silenus, already described, was found inthis house. Here also was made the rare discovery of theskeletons of two horses, with the remains of a biga. This description might be extended, but it would be tediousto repeat details of smaller and less interesting houses, thefeatures of which present in general much uniformity ; andwe shall therefore conclude this
RM2CDBNY2–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . aved with rough pieces of stone,while in the rest of the rooms it is made of stucco or compost.Ihe use of water-mills, however, was not unknown to theRomans. Vitruvius describes their construction in terms notinapplicable to the mechanism of a common mill of thepresent day,* and other ancient authors refer to them. Setnot your hands to the mill, O women that turn the mill-stone ! sleep sound tho
RM2CDYJPC–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Ground-plan of a small House. to have the water perfectly pure they did not content them-selves with a single cistern, but made two or three at differentlevels, so that the water successively deposited the grosserand the lighter impurities with which it might be charged.Cistern water, when drunk, was usually boiled, to free it fromany impur6 matters or smell which it might have contractedin the
RM2CDBGB3–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . secondseries of Pompeiana. In one of the rooms were found theremains of wheels, of exactly the same construction as thosenow in use. In the front of the view, which is taken lookingtowards the vestibule, is a slab of marble covering the mouthof a cistern. In this atrium several beautiful paintings havebeen found. Among them a figure of Jupiter, in a con-templative attitude, the eagle at his feet
RM2CDB2W7–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ored to the light of day. Todescribe every building would have been useless, even in aprofessed guide-book. It has been our endeavour howeverto omit no object remarkable either for beauty or singularity;nothing to which the attention of those who have the goodfortune to visit the spot ought to be directed. Occasionally wehave indulged in a minuteness of detail, especially in spealdngof the inter
RM2CDB6K8–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Ground-plan of the Street of Tombs. TOMBS. 511 Gate of Herculaneuia.. ^9 Ground-plan of the Street of Tombs. 512 POMPEII. The tomb itself is a solid building, not fitted for the recep-tion of urns, and therefore merely erected in commemoration,like the cippi above described. The fa9ade is about nine feetbroad and twelve high, and presents two pilasters, whichsupport a pediment. The capitals are
RM2CDB9H1–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . a room of the peristyle was discovered a painting, now re-moved to the Museum, in which was depicted a writing-tablet,style, inkstand, reed, and seal, with the following words:M. Lucretio Flam. Martis Decurioni Pompei; whence it hasbeen inferred that the house belonged to one Marcus Lucretius,a Flamen of Mars and Decurio of Pompeii. A striking architectural arrangement of this dwelling is,that t
RM2CDBD0W–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . from the Corinthian, inasmuch as the roof of thelatter is supported by one tier of pillars, and all the room isof the same height; while the former has a smaller range ofpillars placed above and upon the main range, and is sur-rounded with a gallery level with the capitals of the lower HOUSE OF MELEAGER. 427 tier, something like a Gothic church, where the arcades ofthe nave may represent the low
RM2CDBDXE–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ^jA ^, .(ii, /—. ^ ^=:r:^=?P^ ^^ -^^^^ ^ .. .0^ EtCv/lAIV W - J - j(;ii/( iM ^ ^^-M L3 ^ f--- - -^j y id E ¥ Amphor*. head-piece to this chapter. We have also to point out thelarge skin, occupying the whole of the waggon, and supportedby a framework of three hoops. These minutiae may ofcourse be depended on as copied from the implements in use.The neck of the skin is closed by a ligature, and
RM2CDAPD7–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . f the premises are fifteen large circularstone vats used in the trade. In a shop near this was found,towards the end of 1873, the impress or mould of a body byfar the most perfect that has yet been discovered. Thehead of the cast that has been taken from it has all theappearance of a terra-cotta bust, so sharply are the featuresdefined. We have given an engraving of it at p. 476. Among objects o
RM2CE7KAA–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . cowkeepers, and that the figures of cows soplentifully impressed on all the articles which he presentedto the baths are a sort of canting arms, to borrow an expres-sion from heraldry, as in Eome the family Toria caused abull to be stamped on their money. A doorway led from the tepidarium into the caldarium, orvapour-bath. It had on one side the laconicum, containingthe vase (c) called labrum. On
RM2CE6699–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . avrjp, avrjp ^avOos, ii^p lai/^oTepos. Pollux, Onomagticon, iv. 19,133.t I6id.,134. THE THEATRES. 197 introduced by Sophocles, or Gorgon, or Death, or a Fury,and a host more of mythological personages, or Thamyris,with one eye blue and the other black. This last is the mostextraordinary. It appears from the marble masks stillextant that the white of the eye was imitated, leaving onlythe aperture
RM2CE551G–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ne of the laudatory inscriptionsin honour of an aedile, or some other high officer, common inPompeii; and that though the sedile Pansa is as likely tohave lived here as any other person, there is no dependenceon the correctness of the name thus given. We shall con-tinue, however, for the sake of clearness, to use the nameunder which it is generally known. Several inscriptionsbearing the name of
RM2CDB2DB–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Tabulae, Stylus, and Papyrus. might be turned into formidable weapons. It was with h isstylus that Caesar stabbed Casca in the arm, when attacked inthe senate by his murderers; and Caligula employed someperson to put to death a senator with the same instruments.In the reign of Claudius women and boys were searched toascertain whether there were styles in their grapMarice tJiecce,or pen-cases. St
RM2CDBNHW–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . n, but the grainwas bruised in mortars. Hence the namespzsior snidpistrinum,a baker and bakers shop, which are derived from pinsere, topound. The oven also was of late introduction, as we havehinted in speaking of the goddess Fornax, nor did it ever • Pliny, jviii. 360 POMPEII. come into exclusive use. We hear of panis subcineriUus,bread baked under the ashes ; artopticius, baked in the artopta,
RM2CE1NAX–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . y remarkably scant in longitude behind. He is atwork upon the portrait of another pigmy, clothed in a mannerto indicate a person of distinction : the sinus, or gatheringof the bosom of the toga, is very observable. The artist isseated opposite to his sitter, at an awful distance from thepicture, in an attitude which makes no commoSL ohare ofsteadiness of hand requisite to apply the pencil with a
RM2CE77YH–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . riding on one sea-horse and accompanied by another, precededby a similar child guiding two dolphins. This occupies thecentre of the ceiling of the tepidarium. Other ornaments 172 POMPEII. are dispersed around it, from which we have selected someof those that are best preserved. The design is generallybetter than the workmanship, for they have not been care-fully finished, on account, perhaps, of
RM2CE0ARF–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . near Palmaand Sarno, for the purpose of forming the modern aqueduct.Speaking of the aqueducts at Arci and Torricelli, he says abranch ran to the ancient town of Pompeii on a height oppo-site to the town of Torre della Nunziata, et in detto lochone appareno multi vestigii. Ho even says that the ancientaqueducts might bo repaired.* It is evident, from its nu-merous fountains, that Pompeii, in prop
RM2CE5BJJ–. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Tn the middle of this inscription is a vacant space, whereprobably stood the statue of Holconius, as the cramps, by 208 POMPEII. which sometliing was fastened, still remain. Or possibly itmay have been an altar, as it was the custom among theancients to sacrifice to Bacchus in the theatre. The view onp. 207 represents the building which we have been describing,. Stone Rings, to receive the Masts