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POMPEIANA. 187
27 Are different shops. One is of a baker; to it
are annexed all the necessary conveniences.
28 Apotheca, or store-rooms.
29 The bake-house; containing the oven * (30), three
mills, a kneading-bowl, &c. It is paved with
volcanic stone, in polygonal shapes.
31 Here was deposited the stock of wood and
charcoal.
32 Seems to have been almost a distinct dwelling.
Two of the apartments had windows to the
street, which runs southward to the Forum.
33 Entrances from this street to the house of Pansa.
34 Oinopolium, or Thermopolium. Shop of a seller
of warm and sweet drinks: the ascent to the
upper story was by fifteen steps. Plautus treats
the frequenters of these places as drunkards.
Epicures resorted to them for vomits % which were
considered luxuries. Vitellius by such means con-
trived to sup through the whole night. Saccharine
matter was kept candied for solution in warm water 3.
Stewed meat was also here sold.
35 Fountain.
It will be seen that the streets around the house of
Pansa are paved, like the rest of the city, with
volcanic stone, in polygonal shapes. The mar-
1 Plate 38.
2 The love of this remedy is remarkaMe in the existing lower class of
Neapolitans of the present day.
3 Pliny, xxiii. 1.
27 Are different shops. One is of a baker; to it
are annexed all the necessary conveniences.
28 Apotheca, or store-rooms.
29 The bake-house; containing the oven * (30), three
mills, a kneading-bowl, &c. It is paved with
volcanic stone, in polygonal shapes.
31 Here was deposited the stock of wood and
charcoal.
32 Seems to have been almost a distinct dwelling.
Two of the apartments had windows to the
street, which runs southward to the Forum.
33 Entrances from this street to the house of Pansa.
34 Oinopolium, or Thermopolium. Shop of a seller
of warm and sweet drinks: the ascent to the
upper story was by fifteen steps. Plautus treats
the frequenters of these places as drunkards.
Epicures resorted to them for vomits % which were
considered luxuries. Vitellius by such means con-
trived to sup through the whole night. Saccharine
matter was kept candied for solution in warm water 3.
Stewed meat was also here sold.
35 Fountain.
It will be seen that the streets around the house of
Pansa are paved, like the rest of the city, with
volcanic stone, in polygonal shapes. The mar-
1 Plate 38.
2 The love of this remedy is remarkaMe in the existing lower class of
Neapolitans of the present day.
3 Pliny, xxiii. 1.