On leaving the Thermæ, pass through the entire north-west of the city, that is to say, the space comprised between the streets of Fortune and of the Thermæ and the walls. In this space are comprised the following edifices:
The House of Pansa. See [Chap. vi].
The House of the Tragic Poet. [Chap. vii].
The Fullonica. [Chap. iii].
The Mosaic Fountains. [Chap. vii].
The House of Adonis. [Chap. vii].
The House of Apollo.
The House of Meleager.
The House of the Centaur.
The House of Castor and Pollux. [Chap. vii].
The House of the Anchor.
The House of Polybius.
The House of the Academy of Music.
The Bakery. See [Chap. iii].
The House of Sallust. [Chap. vii].
The Public Oven.
A Fountain. [Chap. iii].
The House of the Dancing Girls.
The Perfumery Shop. [Chap iii].
The House of Three Stories.
The Custom House. [Chap. iv].
The House of the Surgeon. [Chap. iii].
The House of the Vestal Virgins.
The Shop of Albinus.
The Thermopolium. [Chap. iii].
Thus you arrive at the Walls and at the Gate of Herculaneum, beyond which the Street of the Tombs opens and the suburbs develop. All this is described in [Chap. iv].
Here are the monuments in the Street of the Tombs:
| The Sentry Box. | See [Chap. iv]. |
| The Tomb of Mamia. | " |
| The Tomb of Ferentius. | " |
| The Sculptor's Atelier. | " |
| The Tomb with the Wreaths. | " |
| The Public Bank. | " |
| The House of the Mosaic Columns. | " |
| The Villa of Cicero. | " |
| The Tomb of Scaurus. | " |
| The Round Tomb. | " |
| The Tomb with the Marble Door. | " |
| The Tomb of Libella. | " |
| The Tomb of Calventius. | " |
| The Tomb of Nevoleia Tyché. | " |
| The Funereal Triclinium. | " |
| The Tomb of Labeo. | " |
| The Tombs of the Arria Family. | " |
| The Villa of Diomed. | " |
Having visited these tombs, re-enter the city by the Herculaneum Gate, and, returning over part of the way already taken, find the Street of Fortune again, and there see—
The House of the Faun. [Chap. vii].
The House with the Black Wall.
The House with the Figured Capitals.
The House of the Grand Duke.
The House of Ariadne.
The House of the Hunt. [Chap. vii].
You thus reach the place where the Street of Stabiæ turns to the right, descending toward the southern part of the city. Before taking this street, you will do well to follow the one in which you already are to where it ends at the Nola Gate, which is worth seeing. See [Chap. iv].
The Street of Stabiæ marks the limit reached by the excavations. To the left, in going down, you will find the handsome House of Lucretius. See [Chap. vii].