Mercury depicted in the Roman fresco in the lararium (Roman home shrine) of the House of the Cryptoporticus (Casa del Criptoportico) in the archaeological site of Pompeii (Pompei) near Naples, Campania, Italy. Mercury is depicted with his caduceus in a niche. Below: two snakes (the smaller wrapped around an altar), a peacock, and birds in a garden scene.

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