Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . re us the apartments of the dwelling-house are almost all well shaped and rectangular, though notone of the four angles of the area is a right angle. 1. Prothyrum. 2. Large hall, serving as a vestibule, as ispretty obvious from its arrangement. In the comparativelyhumble edifices of Pompeii, the reader will not of courseexpect to find that splendid provision for the convenient HOUSES OF PANS A AN
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . re us the apartments of the dwelling-house are almost all well shaped and rectangular, though notone of the four angles of the area is a right angle. 1. Prothyrum. 2. Large hall, serving as a vestibule, as ispretty obvious from its arrangement. In the comparativelyhumble edifices of Pompeii, the reader will not of courseexpect to find that splendid provision for the convenient HOUSES OF PANS A AND SALLUST. 329 reception of a crowd of importunate suitors which we havodescribed in speaking of the palaces of Rome; still it isinteresting to trace the same disposition of apartments on asmaller scale, especially as this throws some light upon thecontested question of the Greek or Roman origin of theprivate houses. There are four doors. One opens to theprothyrum, another to the street—a large opening, closed,according to Mazois, with quadrivalve doors, or doors foldingback upon themselves, like window-shutters. Of the othertwo, both communicate with the atrium, one directly, the ,s. Ground-plan of the House of Sallust. other through an intermediate room, 16, probably the cello,ostiarii, the porters closet, so that at night, when the doorsof the atrium were closed, no one could enter without hisknowledge. 3. Shop communicating with the house for thesale of the produce of the proprietors estates. Jars, likethose before described, axe seen set in the counter, probablyto receive his oil or olives. 4. Shop. 5. Shop called a ther-mopolium, with two rooms backwards. Between •! and 5, in 330 POMPEII. the party-wall, is the opening of a cistern, common to There were rooms over it, as is proved by astaircase. The four first steps, steep and inconvenient, wereof stone, and consequently still remain. The sites of threemills, a, a, a, are laid down. 7. Oven
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