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This building is clearly visible from the sea as it is situated on the promontory of the hill of Pompeii and commands a wide view over the plain below. Passing along Via dell’Abbondanza to the end of Via dei Teatri we find a portico with three Ionic columns and a semicolumn which form the entrance to the Triangular Forum. The Hellenistic style arrangement of the area, which has a colonnade with 95 columns, dates back to the 2nd century B.C. This intervention created a harmonious protective curtain around the pre-existing Doric Temple and at the same time annexed this sacred area to the theatre district and the two gymnasiums as the foursided portico behind the stage of ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
ALITER IN GRUEM VEL ANATEM ELIXAM: (Boiling duck with pines and dates)
(Apic. 2, 4) Ingredients:
1 duck
25 g pine nuts
2 big dates
ground pepper
1 tblsp privet
1 tblsp cumin
1 tblsp dry coriander
1 tblsp dry mint
1 tblsp oregano
1 tblsp ground mustard
1 tblsp oil
1 tblsp honey
Liquamen or 3 tblsp soya sauce
3 tsp anchovy paste
1 glass wine (Marsala)
1 tsp vinegar
salt
Instructions:
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Cut in part the duck cutting off fat and bones. Put in a large and low c ... 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.