Villas and Domus
Named after the discovery of a room full of scrolls.
What is the Villa of Papyri, Herculaneum?
This building sat over 20,000 people with seats allocated by class.
What is the Ampitheatre, Pompeii?
Temple located in the Forum, dedicated to a god of prophecy.
What is the Temple of Apollo, Pompeii?
Name of the household deities who protected the familty.
What are the lares?
A wall painting showing Bacchus and Mount Vesuvius.
What is evidence of the geographical setting / natural features of Campania.
House reportedly owned by a pair of freedmen brothers.
What is the House of the Vetti, Pompeii?
Located within the forum, and served as law courts and administrative center.
What is the Basilica?
Temple located on the north side of the Forum, dedicated to the Capitoline Triad.
What is the Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii?
The gods of the larder or the food store.
What is the penates?
A frescoe showing musicians from the paleastra of Herculaneum.
What is evidence of leisure activities?
A large complex in Pompeii that occupied the whole of insula II.
What is the House / Praedia of Julia Felix?
Evidence of economic activity and female public benefaction in Pompeii.
What is the Building of Eumachia?
Located on the eastern side of the forum, dedicated to the imperial cult.
What is the Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii?
The usual visual representation of the genius.
What is a snake?
A mosaic in Herculaneum dedicated to Neptune and Amphitrite.
What is evidence of Greek influences in art?
Known for the Alexander Mosaic depicting the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius III.
What is the Villa of the Faun, Pompeii?
Facility that showed evidence of Roman hygiene practices in Herculaneum.
What is the Suburban Baths / The Central Baths, Herculaneum?
Temple built opposite the forum baths and dedicated to the emperor and the goddess of fortune.
What is the Temple of Fortuna Augusta, Pompeii?
This would happen to offerings to the lares.
What is being burnt?
Mosaic of amphorae containing the name Aulus Umbricius Scaurus.
What is evidence of a prominent manufaturer of garum?
Named for the frescoes of the Dionysian mysteries, thought to show the initiation rites of a cult of Dionysus.
What is the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii?
Public fountains in Pomepii and Herculanum.
What is the nymphaea / nymphaeum?
Temple in Herculaneum, dedicated to the imperial cult.
What is the Temple / Hall of the Augustales, Herculaneum?
Prominant families would keep these to honour their ancestors.
What are wax mask-like images or portraits?
Statues of hands were found in a shrine dedicated to this god.
What is evidence of the Cult of Sabazius?