Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology House Of Moralista

Vicolo di Octavius Quartio, 6, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy

Almost one third is taken up by a large garden that houses a triclinium for banquets that took place during the summer months, and the walls of which are frescoed with images of birds pecking fruits and berries.

Date of excavation: 1916-1917

Link Location Gps 40.7518128

Gps Coordinates / 40.7518128,14.4922063

Little of the fresco decoration of the courtyard has survived, and there is insufficient evidence from the plaster remnants to say positively what that decoration was.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7517654 / Gps Link 40.7517016 / Gps Link 40.7516278

Gps Coordinates / 40.7517654,14.4921447 / 40.7517016,14.4921924 / 40.7516278,14.4922584

In the middle of the garden area, a marble statue of Isis was found which can now be seen in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Ceilings and wall decorations have been partially reconstructed

Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7517491 / Gps Link 40.7517179 / Gps Link 40.7516864

Gps Coordinates / 40.7517491,14.4920517 / 40.7517179,14.4919743 / 40.7516864,14.4919269

The walls also bear painted inscriptions that gave the house its name and that list a number of precepts on the expected behaviour during festive occasions, like how to avoid disputes, how to ward off the looks of other men's wives and how to wash one's feet.

Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7516781 / Gps Link 40.7516472 / Gps Link 40.7516388 / Gps Link 40.7515955

Gps Coordinates / 40.7516781,14.4918911 / 40.7516472,14.4918399 / 40.7516388,14.4918196 / 40.7515955,14.4917489

A small place of worship located in the garden and dedicated to Diana, as evidenced by a marble statuette found here, could also be admired from the triclinium.

The rear wall of the triclinium was damaged by bombing during World War II

Link Location Gps 40.7517683

Gps Coordinates / 40.7517683,14.4921221

The house probably belonged to wine merchants. Marcus Epidius Hymenaeus, Caius Arrius Crescens and Titus Arrius Polites, whose names appear on five electoral posters on the facade of the house.

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