Pompeii Past And Present Illustrated By Photographs of the Ruins As They Are
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They consist of a corridor, a courtyard with a few small chambers round it, and a wall garden. The houses of the next or Samnite period, though divided up much as were those of the Oscan period, had generally a portico with painted stucco pillars running round the court, and often a second court similar to the outer one, a larger garden, and such other offices as would be required for a larger establishment. These Samnite houses were in the Roman period still further enlarged and decorated, and... show the increasing wants and luxuries of the later age. The reception-rooms were enlarged ; separate apartments, something in the style of the Eastern harem, were added for the ladies; offices, kitchens, and spacious dinincr-rooms were built on, the floors were paved with mosaics, the courts adorned with fountains, and the walls with frescoes. The House of the Faun, which is one of the best examples extant of the THE HOUSE OF THE FAUN. 21 country mansion of a wealthy Roman, was excavated in 1830, and appears to have belonged to the family of Cassius, who was Prefect of Caligula in Pompeii.
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