Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . private baths, &c. The remains of thisvilla are of much value and interest for compai isonwith the numerous ruins which occur elsewhere ofsimilar buildings, often on a much more extensivescale, but in a far less perfect state of preservation;as well as for assisting us to understand the de-scriptions given by Pliny and Vitruvius of similarstructures, with their numerous appurtenances. (Forthe details of their arrangements the reader is re-ferred to the article Villa, in the Dictionary ofAntiquities, and to the work on Pompeii, Lond. 1832,vol. ii. ch. 1
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . private baths, &c. The remains of thisvilla are of much value and interest for compai isonwith the numerous ruins which occur elsewhere ofsimilar buildings, often on a much more extensivescale, but in a far less perfect state of preservation;as well as for assisting us to understand the de-scriptions given by Pliny and Vitruvius of similarstructures, with their numerous appurtenances. (Forthe details of their arrangements the reader is re-ferred to the article Villa, in the Dictionary ofAntiquities, and to the work on Pompeii, Lond. 1832,vol. ii. ch. 11.) Between this villa and the gate otthe city are the remains of another villa, said to beon a larger scale and more richly decorated thanthe one just described; but its ruins, which wereexcavated in 1764, were filled up again, and arenot now visible. It has been called, though withoutthe .slightest authority, the Villa of Cicero. Theone still extant is commonly known as the Villa ofArrius Diomedes, but for no other reason than that. STREET OF TllK C54 POMPEII PRAESIDIUM. a sepulchre bearing tliat name was discovered nearits entrance; a very sliirht arijument, where ahnostthe wliole street is bordered with tombs. In fact,the approach to the gate of Herculaneum is boundedon botli sides by rows of tombs or sepulchral mo-numents, extending with only ocaisional interruptionsfor above 400 yards. Many of them are on a veryconsiderable scale, both of size and architecturalcharacter; and though they cannot vie with theenormous mausolea which border in a similar mannertiie line of the Via Appia near Rome, they derive addi-tional interest from tlie perfect state of preservation inwhich they remain ; and the Street of the Tombs,as it is commonly called, is perhaps one of the mostinteresting scenes at Pompeii. The monuments arefor the most part those of persons who had heldmagistracies, or other offices, in the city of Pompeii,and in many cases the site was assigned them bypublic aut
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