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POMPEII
(mediss, mediss tovtiks}\ of quaestors, who, probably, like the
quaestors in Rome, were charged with the financial administra-
tion and let the contracts for public buildings ; and of aediles,
to whom, no doubt, was intrusted the care of streets and build-
ings, together with the policing of
the markets. The Latin names of
the last two officials suggest that
their offices were introduced after
290. There was also an assembly
called kombennio-m, with which we
may compare the Latin conventus ;
but whether it was an assembly of
the people or a city council cannot
now be determined.
After the establishment of the
Roman colony, Pompeii was named
Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeiano-
rum, from the gentile name of the
Dictator Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Felix) and from the goddess to whom
he paid special honor, who now, as
Venus Pompeiana, became the tute-
lary divinity of the city. This god-
Fig. 4.— Venus Pompeiana.
From a wall painting.
dess is represented in wall paintings. In that from which our
illustration is taken (Fig. 4), she appears in a blue mantle stud-
ded with golden stars, and wears a crown set with green stones.
Her left hand, which holds a sceptre, rests upon a rudder; in
her right is a twig of olive. A Cupid stands upon a pedestal
beside her, holding up a mirror.
From this time the highest official body, as in Roman colo-
nies everywhere, was the city council, composed of decurions.
The administration was placed in the hands of two pairs of
officials, the duumvirs with judiciary authority, duumviri iuri
dicundo, and two aediles, who were responsible for the care
of buildings and streets and the oversight of the markets.
When the duumvirs and the aediles joined in official acts they
were known as the Board of Four, quattuorviri. Down to the
time of the Empire it appears that the aediles were not desig-
POMPEII
(mediss, mediss tovtiks}\ of quaestors, who, probably, like the
quaestors in Rome, were charged with the financial administra-
tion and let the contracts for public buildings ; and of aediles,
to whom, no doubt, was intrusted the care of streets and build-
ings, together with the policing of
the markets. The Latin names of
the last two officials suggest that
their offices were introduced after
290. There was also an assembly
called kombennio-m, with which we
may compare the Latin conventus ;
but whether it was an assembly of
the people or a city council cannot
now be determined.
After the establishment of the
Roman colony, Pompeii was named
Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeiano-
rum, from the gentile name of the
Dictator Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Felix) and from the goddess to whom
he paid special honor, who now, as
Venus Pompeiana, became the tute-
lary divinity of the city. This god-
Fig. 4.— Venus Pompeiana.
From a wall painting.
dess is represented in wall paintings. In that from which our
illustration is taken (Fig. 4), she appears in a blue mantle stud-
ded with golden stars, and wears a crown set with green stones.
Her left hand, which holds a sceptre, rests upon a rudder; in
her right is a twig of olive. A Cupid stands upon a pedestal
beside her, holding up a mirror.
From this time the highest official body, as in Roman colo-
nies everywhere, was the city council, composed of decurions.
The administration was placed in the hands of two pairs of
officials, the duumvirs with judiciary authority, duumviri iuri
dicundo, and two aediles, who were responsible for the care
of buildings and streets and the oversight of the markets.
When the duumvirs and the aediles joined in official acts they
were known as the Board of Four, quattuorviri. Down to the
time of the Empire it appears that the aediles were not desig-