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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 STRUTHIONE ELIXO (Boiled Ostrich)
(Apic. 6, 1, 1) Ingredients:
Ostrich meat (or small guinea fowl)
Pepper
Mint
Cumin
Fennel seeds
100 g stoned dates
1 tbsp honey
30 ml vinegar
30 ml passum (or passito wine)
Liquamen ( or 2 tsp anchovy paste)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp starch
Instructions:
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Put the ostrich meat into a large stock pot, cover with water and simmer gently for 2½ hours until thoroughly cooked. Drain the bird and dry well. Grind the spices in a pestle and mortar. Add the ... 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.