Gps Coordinates  /  40.7488785,14.4840564

Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology House Of Romulus And Remus

PFXM+HJ3 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

During the excavations, five bodies were found here. One person was clutching gold, silver, and bronze coins in his right hand. The left hand was holding a ring.

 Date of excavation: 1871-1872

Link Location Gps 40.7488271

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7488271,14.4840178

At the time of the excavation the bodies of five victims were found, one of whom carried a bag with him of gold, silver and bronze coins and two rings, with the initials FA.H.

 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.7490025  /  Gps Link 40.7490138  /  Gps Link 40.7487515

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7490025,14.4842004  /  40.7490138,14.4842691  /  40.7487515,14.4837879

This indication led to the hypothesis that the house belonged to the gens Fabia, a rich and important Pompeian family that belonged to the Luperci priestly college, responsible for the celebration of the origins of Rome.

 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.74874  /  Gps Link 40.7487962  /  Gps Link 40.7488079

Gps Coordinates  /  40.74874,14.4837633  /  40.7487962,14.4840567  /  40.7488079,14.4842348

The beautiful frescoes of the house were the subject of a recent restoration in 2014, which gave new life to the paintings in the garden where an exotic landscape is represented, rich in animals such as elephants, buffaloes, snakes, gazelles and cats.

 Link Location Gps  /  Gps Link 40.7488327  /  Gps Link 40.748881  /  Gps Link 40.7489407  /  Gps Link 40.7490156

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7488327,14.4842806  /  40.748881,14.4843237  /  40.7489407,14.4845262  /  40.7490156,14.4847914

The house was built in the II century a.C., and after the conquest of Silla in 80 a.C. it was joined to the adjacent house of Trittolemo.

It owes its name to the fresco with the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the mythical founders of Rome, destroyed by the bombings in 1943. 

Link Location Gps 40.7487862

Gps Coordinates  /  40.7487862,14.4839265

 During the war of 1943 it was bombed. The first bomb destroyed many walls and paintings.  A second bomb fell on this house causing even more losses. 

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 The painting of The Birth of Rome "Romulus and Remus" was destroyed during this time. The house carries the name "House of Romulus and Remus" because of the lost painting.

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