The goddess Venus stands on a quadriga drawn by elephants in this first-century Fresco of Venus standing on a quadriga and being pulled by elephants, from outside House of Verecundus, Pompeii's Antiquarium Pompeii Roman City is located near Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii was buried under 4-6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Italy

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