Pompeii, Its Life and Art

Name: Pompeii, Its Life and Art
Author: Mau, August

Mau, August

Pompeii (Extinct city)

The measurements of buildings in the Roman Period conform to the scale
of the Roman foot, while the dimensions of structures antedating the
Roman colony in most cases reduce to the scale of the Oscan or old
Italic foot. The Roman foot (296 mm.) may be roughly reckoned at 0.97
of the English foot (304.8 mm.); the Oscan foot (275 mm.) is
considerably shorter. As the Roman standard is of Greek origin, we may
perhaps find a structure conforming to it that was designed by a Greek
architect before the Roman Period.


KEY TO PLAN II

     A. THE FORUM.

        1. Pedestal of the statue of Augustus.
        2. Pedestal of the statue of Claudius.
        3. Pedestal of the statue of Agrippina.
        4. Pedestal of the statue of Nero.
        5. Pedestal of the statue of Caligula.
        6. Pedestals of equestrian statues.
        7. Pedestals of standing figures.
        8. Pedestal for three equestrian statues.
        9. Speaker's platform (p. 48).
        10. Table of standard measures (p. 92).
        11. Room of the supervisor of measures.

     B. THE BASILICA.

        _a._ Entrance court.
        1. Corridor.
        2. Main room.
        3. Tribunal.
        4-4. Rooms at the ends of the tribunal.

     C. THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO.

        1. Colonnade.
        2. Podium.
        3. Cella.
        4. Altar.
        5. Sundial.
        6. Sacristan's room.
        7-7. Rooms made from earlier colonnade.

     D. D'. MARKET BUILDINGS.

     E. LATRINA.

     F. F. CITY TREASURY.

     G. COMMEMORATIVE ARCH.

     H. TEMPLE OF JUPITER.

     I. ARCH OF TIBERIUS.

     K. THE PROVISION MARKET--MACELLUM.

        1. Portico.
        2. Colonnade.
        3-3. Market stalls.
        4. Market for meat and fish.
        5. Chapel of the imperial family.
        6. Banquet room.
        7. Round structure with water basin--Tholus.
        8. Pen.

     L. SANCTUARY OF THE CITY LARES.

        1. Main room, unroofed, with an altar in the centre.
        2. Apse, with shrine.
        3. Recesses with pedestals.
        4. Niche opening on the Forum.

     M. TEMPLE OF VESPASIAN.

        1. Colonnade.
        2. Altar.
        3. Cella.
        4. Portico.

     N. THE BUILDING OF EUMACHIA.

          See plan on p. 110.

     O. THE VOTING PLACE--COMITIUM.

        1. Recess opening on the main room.
        2. Recess opening on the Forum.

     P-R. MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS.

        P. Office of the duumvirs.
        Q. Hall of the city council.
        R. Office of the aediles.

     S. FOUNTAIN.

  [Illustration: PLAN II.--THE FORUM WITH THE ADJOINING BUILDINGS.]




PART I

PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS




CHAPTER VII

_THE FORUM_

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Pompeii, Its Life and Art

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