Gps Coordinates / 40.75114,14.49028
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology House Of Iulis Polibius
QF2R+F42 Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
The owner of this house, C Iulius Polybius - to whom the inscriptions on the facade and nearby refer - was involved in the administration of the city.
Date of excavation: 1912-1913; 1964-1970
Gps Coordinates / 40.7511083,14.4905283
He is also referred to in a bronze seal that was found in the wardrobe located in the peristyle, and in an inscription wishing good luck, which is located in front of an aedicula dedicated to the Lares.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7509568 / Gps Link 40.7509751 / Gps Link 40.751004
Gps Coordinates / 40.7509568,14.4902892 / 40.7509751,14.4903202 / 40.751004,14.4903926
The house dates to the 2nd century BC, and features a facade painted in the First Style, with high doors decorated with denticulated frames.
All evidence of the work which was in progress at the time of the eruption.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7510158 / Gps Link 40.7510444 / Gps Link 40.7510613
Gps Coordinates / 40.7510158,14.4904314 / 40.7510444,14.4905061 / 40.7510613,14.4905357
In line with one of these, a false door was painted to the left of the tablinum, where several amphorae and heaps of lime were found
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7510793 / Gps Link 40.7511029
Gps Coordinates / 40.7510793,14.4906084 / 40.7511029,14.4907221
The room was closed off by a bronze lock, which was installed in order to hide treasure in the form of a bronze statue of Apollo, a vase with mythological depictions and a large antique bronze vase from the 5th century BC.
It was an ostentatious domus, with a layout which was unusual compared to the other houses of Pompeii.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7508848,14.4901687
The view looked out onto a garden, where casts of five large fruit trees, including two figs, have been made.
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