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This house dates back to the Samnite period and was being restored when the volcano erupted. It is built around two atriums and a section of peristyle with a garden. The main atrium is tetrastyle in form, i.e. it has four Corinthian columns supporting the open roof. There is a table on a pedestal (cartibulum) in front of the entrance, between the impluvium and the large tablinum, whereas the lararium is situated in the first right-hand corner.
A bronze safe – a clear sign of the family’s wealth – is solidly anchored to the ground near the living room (alae) on the right-hand side of the house. In addition to the fact that it has a tablinum, the importance of the h ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
IN VITULINAM ELIXAM (Boiled Veal)
(Apic. 8, 5, 3) Ingredients:
800 g – 1 kg veal
2 tblsp honey
2 tblsp vinegar
100 ml oil
100 ml Liquamen (or 100 ml white wine + 1 tsp salt)
Pepper
Privet
Cumin
Celery seeds to taste
a little bit of cornstarch
Instructions:
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Cook the veal for about 1 1/2 hour until well done. Mix together honey,
vinegar, oil, liquamen and spices in an extra pan. Boil the sauce only
shortly and thicken it with cornstarch. Then pour sauce over the veal
and let boil on low heat for another 10 minutes. ... continue
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Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.