Caecilius House Plan Lucius Caecilius Iucundus born c AD 9 fl AD 27 c AD 62 was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii around AD 14 62 His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of the city of Pompeii which remain after being partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 The house is known both for its frescoes and for the trove of wax tablets discovered there in 1875
Floor Plan of the House of L Caecilius Jucundus Pompeii V 1 26 jpg 743 632 86 KB Categories Plans of ancient Roman houses in Pompeii Casa di Cecilio Giocondo Pompeii This page was last edited on 12 June 2023 at 21 54 Files are available under licenses specified on their description page All structured data from the file namespace This house on Via Vesuvio with its classical layout around an Atrium and a Peristyle belonged to the banker of Pompeii and his entire archives consisting of 154 waxed writing tablets dating between 53 and 62 A D were found intact These consisted of sale contracts for land animals or slaves and receipts for the payment of colonial taxes as Lucius Caecilius Jucundus was also the official
Caecilius House Plan
Caecilius House Plan
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The house situated on the east side of Via del Vesuvio in its latter days belonged to the banker L Caecilius Jucundus as evidenced by a quantity of financial documents found in the property The simple entrance pictured below was flanked by shops c and d which are now in a ruinous condition The archaeologists have even managed to complete a detailed 3D reconstruction of the House of Caecilius Iucundus By combining new technology with more traditional methods we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible said co author Dr Nicolo Dell Unto a digital archaeologist at Lund
Stage 1 Caecilius Stage 1 introduces you to Caecilius and some of the members of his household find out where they are by looking at the plan on p 11 Study the look again at the large picture on p 12 You are viewing the inside of the house from the entrance hall right through to the garden at the back as a visitor in Roman times Floor Plan of the House of L Caecilius Jucundus Pompeii V 1 26 Summary Description English Floor Plan of the House of L Caecilius Jucundus Pompeii V 1 26 Date 1882 Source Pompeji die neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874 bis 1881 f r Kunst und Alterthumsfreunde Author Emil Presuhn 1882 Licensing Public domain
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Layman s description This well known house in Pompeii belonged to the business man Caecilius Iucundus who s archive 153 wax tablets were found during the excavation in 1875 It consists of two houses that were united into a large double atrium house Some of its wall painting is of a very high quality Lucius Caecilius Jucundus a Pompeian banker The gens Caecilia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter in 284 BC The Caecilii Metelli were one of the most powerful families of the late Republic from the decades before
The town house in which a wealthy man like Caecilius lived differed in several ways from an equivalent house today The house came right up to the sidewalk there was no garden or grass in front of it The windows were few small and placed fairly high They were intended to let in light but to keep out the heat of the sun Digital reconstruction of Lucius Caecilius Jucundus s house in Pompeii GIF by the author via YouTube The house of a Roman banker known as Lucius Caecilius Jucundus was among the many in
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Lucius Caecilius Iucundus born c AD 9 fl AD 27 c AD 62 was a banker who lived in the Roman town of Pompeii around AD 14 62 His house still stands and can be seen in the ruins of the city of Pompeii which remain after being partially destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 The house is known both for its frescoes and for the trove of wax tablets discovered there in 1875
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Floor Plan of the House of L Caecilius Jucundus Pompeii V 1 26 jpg 743 632 86 KB Categories Plans of ancient Roman houses in Pompeii Casa di Cecilio Giocondo Pompeii This page was last edited on 12 June 2023 at 21 54 Files are available under licenses specified on their description page All structured data from the file namespace
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Caecilius House Plan - The archaeologists have even managed to complete a detailed 3D reconstruction of the House of Caecilius Iucundus By combining new technology with more traditional methods we can describe Pompeii in greater detail and more accurately than was previously possible said co author Dr Nicolo Dell Unto a digital archaeologist at Lund
