. Pompeii : its life and art . f the dotted line,Fig. 18) has wholly disappeared. A section of the wall decoration, inthe second Pompeian style, is shownin Fig. 20. We notice here the char-acteristic elements— imitation of mar-ble veneering, with large red centralpanels and a cornice above. The basewith its simple dividing lines upon ablack ground was painted over in thethird style; originally it must havebeen more suggestive of real construc-tion, with a narrow painted borderalong the upper edge. Against the rear wall of the cellastands a large pedestal, three timesas long as it is broad. It
. Pompeii : its life and art . f the dotted line,Fig. 18) has wholly disappeared. A section of the wall decoration, inthe second Pompeian style, is shownin Fig. 20. We notice here the char-acteristic elements— imitation of mar-ble veneering, with large red centralpanels and a cornice above. The basewith its simple dividing lines upon ablack ground was painted over in thethird style; originally it must havebeen more suggestive of real construc-tion, with a narrow painted borderalong the upper edge. Against the rear wall of the cellastands a large pedestal, three timesas long as it is broad. It was origi-nally divided by four pilasters — twoat the corners and two on the frontbetween them — into three the pilasters and the entabla-ture over them were removed, and thewhole was covered with marble veneering. Inside were threesmall rooms, entered by separate doors from the cella. Thepedestal was thus built for three images; three divinities wereworshipped here, and in the little chambers underneath were. Fig. 20. — Section of the walldecoration in the cella of thetemple of Jupiter. 66 POMPEII perhaps kept the trappings with which on festal occasions theimages were decked. A head of Jupiter, of which we shall speak later, was found jin the cella, as was also an inscription of the year 37 , con-jtaining a dedication to Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the ruling deityof the Capitol at Rome. It is thus proved beyond question thatthe Capitoline Jupiter was worshipped here; and it will not be,w/ifncult to ascertain what other, divinities shared with him the^piiono] s oi the temple. As the Roman colonies strove in all things to be Rome inminiature, each thought it necessary to have a Capitolium— atemple for the worship of the gods of the Roman Capitol, Jupi-ter, Juno, and Minerva; and this naturally became the mostimportant temple in the city. That the worship of the threedivinities was established at Pompeii is evident from the discov-ery of three images repr
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