Herculaneum, past, present & future . Fivi Bro/f^r Hiisls si>/>/ii-/-sXr CHAP. II INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT 95 moralisation upon the folly of anger against inanimate details can be gathered from the passage, except that thevilla was visible from the sea. Moreover, extant inscriptionsgive ample proof that Herculaneum had aristocratic noteworthy are the Nonii of Nuceria,^ includingM. Nonius Balbus,^ Praetor, Proconsul of Cyrenaica and Crete,and the consul Appius Claudius Pulcher.^ Comparetti and DePctra have also shown reason for supposing that the Casa deiPa
Herculaneum, past, present & future . Fivi Bro/f^r Hiisls si>/>/ii-/-sXr CHAP. II INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT 95 moralisation upon the folly of anger against inanimate details can be gathered from the passage, except that thevilla was visible from the sea. Moreover, extant inscriptionsgive ample proof that Herculaneum had aristocratic noteworthy are the Nonii of Nuceria,^ includingM. Nonius Balbus,^ Praetor, Proconsul of Cyrenaica and Crete,and the consul Appius Claudius Pulcher.^ Comparetti and DePctra have also shown reason for supposing that the Casa deiPapiri was a seat of the illustrious Pisones.* The splendourof this villa has already been mentioned.^ The smooth pavement and admirable drainage of the ScaviNuovi street, so unlike the deep ruts and high stepping-stonescommon at Pompeii, are in keeping with our theory of thecitys character. Beloch ^ asserts that shops were few, butthe data hardly warrant the generalisation. The only industrywhich has left much trace is
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