CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
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I.The Situation of Pompeii[1]
II.Before 79[8]
III.The City Overwhelmed[19]
IV.The Unearthing of the City[25]
V.A Bird's-eye View[31]
VI.Building Materials, Construction, and ArchitecturalPeriods[35]
PART I
PUBLIC PLACES AND BUILDINGS
VII.The Forum[45]
VIII.General View of the Buildings about the Forum.—TheTemple of Jupiter[61]
IX.The Basilica[70]
X.The Temple of Apollo[80]
XI.The Buildings at the Northwest Corner of theForum, and the Table of Standard Measures[91]
XII.The Macellum[94]
XIII.The Sanctuary of the City Lares[102]
XIV.The Temple of Vespasian[106]
XV.The Building of Eumachia[110]
XVI.The Comitium[119]
XVII.The Municipal Buildings[121]
XVIII.The Temple of Venus Pompeiana[124]
XIX.The Temple of Fortuna Augusta[130]
XX.General View of the Public Buildings near theStabian Gate.—The Forum Triangulare and theDoric Temple[133]
XXI.The Large Theatre[141]
XXII.The Small Theatre[153]
XXIII.The Theatre Colonnade used as Barracks forGladiators[157]
XXIV.The Palaestra[165]
XXV.The Temple of Isis[168]
XXVI.The Temple of Zeus Milichius[183]
XXVII.The Baths at Pompeii.—The Stabian Baths[186]
XXVIII.The Baths near the Forum[202]
XXIX.The Central Baths[208]
XXX.The Amphitheatre[212]
XXXI.Streets, Water System, and Wayside Shrines[227]
XXXII.The Defences of the City[237]
PART II
THE HOUSES
XXXIII.The Pompeian House[245]
I.Vestibule, Fauces, and Front Door[248]
II.The Atrium[250]
III.The Tablinum[255]
IV.The Alae[258]
V.The Rooms about the Atrium. The Andron[259]
VI.Garden, Peristyle, and Rooms about the Peristyle[260]
VII.Sleeping Rooms[261]
VIII.Dining Rooms[262]
IX.The Kitchen, the Bath, and the Storerooms[266]
X.The Shrine of the Household Gods[268]
XI.Second Story Rooms[273]
XII.The Shops[276]
XIII.Walls, Floors, and Windows[278]
XXXIV.The House of the Surgeon[280]
XXXV.The House of Sallust[283]
XXXVI.The House of the Faun[288]
XXXVII.A House near the Porta Marina[298]
XXXVIII.The House of the Silver Wedding[301]
XXXIX.The House of Epidius Rufus[309]
XL.The House of the Tragic Poet[313]
XLI.The House of the Vettii[321]
XLII.Three Houses of Unusual Plan[341]
I.The House of Acceptus and Euhodia[341]
II.A House without a Compluvium[343]
III.The House of the Emperor Joseph II[344]
XLIII.Other Noteworthy Houses[348]
XLIV.Roman Villas.—The Villa of Diomedes[355]
XLV.The Villa Rustica at Boscoreale[361]
XLVI.Household Furniture[367]
PART III
TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS
XLVII.The Trades at Pompeii.—The Bakers[383]
XLVIII.The Fullers and the Tanners[393]
XLIX.Inns and Wineshops[400]
PART IV
THE TOMBS
L.Pompeian Burial Places.—The Street of Tombs[405]
LI.Burial Places near the Nola, Stabian, and NoceraGates[429]
PART V
POMPEIAN ART
LII.Architecture[437]
LIII.Sculpture[445]
LIV.Painting.—Wall Decoration[456]
LV.The Paintings[471]
PART VI
THE INSCRIPTIONS OF POMPEII
LVI.Importance of the Inscriptions.—Monumental Inscriptionsand Public Notices[485]
LVII.The Graffiti[491]
LVIII.Inscriptions relating to Business Affairs[499]
CONCLUSION
LIX.The Significance of the Pompeian Culture[509]
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX[512]
INDEX[551]
KEY TO THE PLAN OF POMPEII[559]