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Pavement in the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Travertine, green limestone and slate are arranged to look like cubes in perspective, stressing the dignity of the room in which the owner received his clients. 2nd BCE
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Pavement in the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Travertine, green limestone and slat...

Atrium (inner courtyard) of the house of the Silver Wedding, so called because it was excavated in 1893, the year of the silver wedding of King Umberto and Margeherita of Savoya. 2nd BCE
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Atrium (inner courtyard) of the house of the Silver Wedding, so calle...

Portico of the triangular Forum, Pompeii. This forum is the most ancient market and meeting place in the city and dates from the 2nd BCE.
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Portico of the triangular Forum, Pompeii. This forum is the most ancient mark...

The Odeon, Pompeii. This small, covered theatre with a seating capacity of 1500, was reserved for poetry recitals accompanied by lyre. Wider stone seats in front were reserved for dignitaries. 1st CE
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The Odeon, Pompeii. This small, covered theatre with a seating capacity...

Caryatid (Telamon) of grey tuff stone at the Odeon theatre, Pompeii. The small, covered theatre, with a seating capacity of 1500, was reserved for poetry recitals accompanied by lyre. 1st CE
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Caryatid (Telamon) of grey tuff stone at the Odeon theatre, Pompeii. The sm...

The Odeon, Pompeii. This small, covered theatre with a seating capacity of 1500, was reserved for poetry recitals accompanied by lyre. At the end of the balustrade which separates the better seats from the narrower ranks, a winged lion's paw of tuff. 1st CE
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The Odeon, Pompeii. This small, covered theatre with a seating capacity of 15...

Roman wall construction: "Opus quasi reticulatum", made of small pieces of tuff (volcanic stone) in irregular arrangement, held together by cement. Early 1st CE
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Roman wall construction: "Opus quasi reticulatum", made of small pieces of tuff...

Roman wall construction: "Opus reticulatum"; polygonal pieces of tuff (volcanic stone) arranged in regular rows and held together with cement. Late 1st CE
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Roman wall construction: "Opus reticulatum"; polygonal pieces of tuff (volcanic...

Roman wall construction: "Opus latericium", made of coloured bricks, here in the form of a wheel or star. 1st CE
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Roman wall construction: "Opus latericium", made of coloured bricks, here in the...

Canalization, Pompeii
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Canalization, Pompeii

Atrium of the House of Obellius Firmus, Pompeii. In the center a "cartibulum", a table with a cylindrical base, on which stood the fountain- statue of a faun, behind it a marble table. 1st CE
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Atrium of the House of Obellius Firmus, Pompeii. In the center a "cartibulum", a...

Garden furniture, marble; atrium of the House of Obellius Firmus, Pompeii. In the center a "cartibulum", a table with cylindrical base, on which stood the fountain-statue of a faun. 1st CE
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Garden furniture, marble; atrium of the House of Obellius Firmus, Pompeii. In th...