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POMPEII
Zeus Milichius, a building just inside the Porta Marina, and
apparently the hall at the southeast corner of the Forum,
which we shall identify as the Comitium; with these should
be included also the original temple of Isis, which was destroyed
by the earthquake of 63 a.d. Few houses dating from this
period have been discovered; the provision made by the pre-
ceding period in this respect had been so generous that new
houses were not needed.
From the aesthetic point of view the fourth period falls far
below that just preceding; the exhaustion of resources and the
decline of taste due to the long and terrible war are unmistaka-
ble. Theatre, Amphitheatre, and
Baths were alike built for imme-
diate use, with crude and scanty
ornamentation; and where
richer ornament was applied, as
in the case of the temple of Isis,
it could not for a moment be
compared with that of the Tufa
Period in beauty and finish.
The wall decoration of the
fourth period is of the second
Pompeian style, which came into
vogue just after the founding of
Fig. 11.— Quasi-reticulate facing, with
brick corner, at the entrance of the
Small Theatre.
the colony, and which we shall
call the Architectural Style; for
in part, as the first style, it imi-
tated a veneering of marble, not however with the help of slabs
or panels modelled in stucco, but by the use of color only, laid
on walls finished to a plane surface; in part it made use of
architectural designs which were painted either correctly or
with at least some regard for proper proportions.
The fifth period extends from the last decades of the Repub-
lic to the earthquake of the year 63 a.d. In the entire period,
covering more than a century, we are unable to distinguish a
series of buildings which may be classed together in style and
construction as constituting a homogeneous, representative
group. Here and there we can point out a piece of masonry
POMPEII
Zeus Milichius, a building just inside the Porta Marina, and
apparently the hall at the southeast corner of the Forum,
which we shall identify as the Comitium; with these should
be included also the original temple of Isis, which was destroyed
by the earthquake of 63 a.d. Few houses dating from this
period have been discovered; the provision made by the pre-
ceding period in this respect had been so generous that new
houses were not needed.
From the aesthetic point of view the fourth period falls far
below that just preceding; the exhaustion of resources and the
decline of taste due to the long and terrible war are unmistaka-
ble. Theatre, Amphitheatre, and
Baths were alike built for imme-
diate use, with crude and scanty
ornamentation; and where
richer ornament was applied, as
in the case of the temple of Isis,
it could not for a moment be
compared with that of the Tufa
Period in beauty and finish.
The wall decoration of the
fourth period is of the second
Pompeian style, which came into
vogue just after the founding of
Fig. 11.— Quasi-reticulate facing, with
brick corner, at the entrance of the
Small Theatre.
the colony, and which we shall
call the Architectural Style; for
in part, as the first style, it imi-
tated a veneering of marble, not however with the help of slabs
or panels modelled in stucco, but by the use of color only, laid
on walls finished to a plane surface; in part it made use of
architectural designs which were painted either correctly or
with at least some regard for proper proportions.
The fifth period extends from the last decades of the Repub-
lic to the earthquake of the year 63 a.d. In the entire period,
covering more than a century, we are unable to distinguish a
series of buildings which may be classed together in style and
construction as constituting a homogeneous, representative
group. Here and there we can point out a piece of masonry