Several tombs have been excavated in a necropolis just outside the Porta Vesuvio gate.
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Gps Coordinates / 40.7533225,14.4844401
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Necropolis Vesuvius
Via Dei Vesuvio, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
Near this important gateway to the villas and farms in the countryside to the north of Pompeii we find an example of hydraulic engineering work which was an important part of the town's water supply system.
Date of excavation: 1907-1910
Gps Coordinates / 40.7534307,14.4840669
Excavations revealed four tombs. The most monumental, that of magistrate Caius Vestorius Priscus, dated to 75-76 AD, is a typical architectural model of the Imperial period characterised by a basis surmounted by an altar with symbolic figures related to the afterlife.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7536736 / Gps Link 40.7536445 / Gps Link 40.7533646
Gps Coordinates / 40.7536736,14.4842615 / 40.7536445,14.4842733 / 40.7533646,14.4841343
An inscription indicates that the tomb was built on ground donated by the decurions, who had generously contributed the sum of two thousand sesterces to cover the costs of his funeral.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7532951 / Gps Link 40.7532227 / Gps Link 40.7531461
Gps Coordinates / 40.7532951,14.4841987 / 40.7532227,14.4842585 / 40.7531461,14.4843233
This is the so-called Castellum Aquae, which channelled water from a branch of the Augustan aqueduct from Serino into three pipes to supply the different parts of the town.
One worth special mention is the tomb of Caius Vestorius Priscus, one of the town's aediles who died at the age of 22
Gps Coordinates / 40.753106,14.4844207
This feat of engineering was extremely useful and marked a change in the people's habits as, prior to this, they had had to draw water from wells or use rainwater that had been channelled from the house's impluvium into specially built tanks.
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