Details: Written by: Automater; Category: 360 Archeology

2bc house of Julius Polybius excavated in 1913 to 1978 two entrances on the street high up lined with terraced dwellings far below

Link Location Gps ← Find Best directions

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

Link Location Gps 40.7511083

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.