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POMPEII
35°
The location of the villa of Diomedes, beyond the last group
i. Steps.
3. Peristyle.
8. Tablinum.
10. Exedra.
12. Dining room.
14. Sleeping room, with anteroom
(13)-
15. Passage leading to a garden
at the level of the street.
17. Small court, with hearth (e)
and swimming tank (£).
18. Storeroom.
19-21. Bath. (19. Apodyterium.
20. Tepidarium. 21. Cal-
darium.)
22. Kitchen.
26. Colonnade, facing a terrace
(28) over the front rooms of
the lower part.
e,f,g, Ji. Colonnade enclosing a
large garden.
i, k, I, m. Rooms.
r. Fish pond.
.r. Arbor.
of tombs at the left
of the road lead-
ing from the Her-
culaneum Gate, is
indicated in Plan V.
An extensive estab-
lishment similar in
character, the so-
called villa of Cic-
ero, lies nearer the
Gate on the same
side of the road;
on the right there
is a third villa, of
which only a small
part has been un-
covered. The
three seem to have
belonged to a series
of country seats sit-
uated on the ridge
that extends back
from Pompeii in
the direction of Ve-
suvius. The villa
of Diomedes, exca-
vated in 1771-74,
received its name
from the tomb of
Marcus Arrius Di-
omedes, facing the
entrance, on the
opposite side of
the Street of Tombs
(Plan V, 42).
The front of the
villa forms a sharp
35°
The location of the villa of Diomedes, beyond the last group
i. Steps.
3. Peristyle.
8. Tablinum.
10. Exedra.
12. Dining room.
14. Sleeping room, with anteroom
(13)-
15. Passage leading to a garden
at the level of the street.
17. Small court, with hearth (e)
and swimming tank (£).
18. Storeroom.
19-21. Bath. (19. Apodyterium.
20. Tepidarium. 21. Cal-
darium.)
22. Kitchen.
26. Colonnade, facing a terrace
(28) over the front rooms of
the lower part.
e,f,g, Ji. Colonnade enclosing a
large garden.
i, k, I, m. Rooms.
r. Fish pond.
.r. Arbor.
of tombs at the left
of the road lead-
ing from the Her-
culaneum Gate, is
indicated in Plan V.
An extensive estab-
lishment similar in
character, the so-
called villa of Cic-
ero, lies nearer the
Gate on the same
side of the road;
on the right there
is a third villa, of
which only a small
part has been un-
covered. The
three seem to have
belonged to a series
of country seats sit-
uated on the ridge
that extends back
from Pompeii in
the direction of Ve-
suvius. The villa
of Diomedes, exca-
vated in 1771-74,
received its name
from the tomb of
Marcus Arrius Di-
omedes, facing the
entrance, on the
opposite side of
the Street of Tombs
(Plan V, 42).
The front of the
villa forms a sharp