View of a statue of a youth with a cloak covering his head at the Portico north wall of the Stabian Baths, Pompeii, Italy. The statue is of Hermes, the god of the palaestra in his guise as Psychopompus, the guide of departed souls. The Baths are the largest, best preserved and oldest baths at Pompeii.View of the elliptical-shaped amphitheatre arena, which was built in 80 BCE, Pompeii, Italy. Sports, gladiatorial contests, hunts, and battles with wild animals took place in the amphitheatre. The Romans enlarged it because the spectacles were becoming so popular. The stadium seats 20,000 spectators.View across the atrium with marble-lined impluvium to the tablinum and peristyle of the House of the Bull, Pompeii, Italy. The back facade of the peristyle comprises a fountain or nymphaeum; from three niches , adorned with glass paste and seashells, water once ran down in a graceful series of cascades.The bronze statue of the dancing faun in the Tuscan-styled atrium with an impluvium at the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy. Built in the 2nd century BCE, the House of Faun is the largest house found at Pompeii and occupies an entire city block, and has over 40 rooms. It is also one of the most beautiful examples of aristocratic homes from the Roman period.A narrow, paved path with stepping stones in Pompeii, Italy, allows pedestrians to cross without wetting their feet.The remains of the Temple of Jupiter, at the northern edge of Pompeii’s Forum in Italy. The ancient temple, constructed in approximately 150 BC, sustained significant damage from an earthquake in 62 AD and was undergoing reconstruction when the catastrophic eruption occurred. In Pompeii, the Forum served as the hub for political, economic, and religious activities.View of the thermopolium with its marble counter at the House of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii, Italy. The Thermopolium was an ancient snack bar where food and drinks were served.The atrium, featuring an impluvium and mosaic floor, leads to the tablinum and peristyle at the House of Paquius Proculus in Pompeii, Italy. The House of Cuspius Pansa is another name for this structure.From the north, this photograph showcases the Arch of Caligula, an ancient structure at the very beginning of Via Mercurio in the historic city of Pompeii, Italy. In the distance, Mount Vesuvius stands prominently in the background.View across the atrium with impluvium to the tablinum and peristyle of the House of the Figured Capitals, Pompeii, Italy. The house gets its name from the figures carved into the capitals at its entrance.Bronze copy of the original statue of Apollo in front of the portico at the sanctuary of Apollo at Pompeii, Italy.View of the atrium with 16 Doric columns around the impluvium in the House of Diadumeni, Pompeii, ItalyPortico fluted Doric columns at the south end of the Forum, Pompeii, Italy. The Forum was the centre of political, economic, and religious life in Pompeii.The large theatre built during the Hellenistic period around the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE at Pompeii, Italy. During the Augustan period, they enlarged and adapted the Greek-styled theatre, and it could seat 5000 spectators.A view of Vicolo di Mercurio street in Pompeii, Italy, showcases stepping stones strategically placed to enable pedestrians to traverse the roadway without encountering wet footwear.The Arcaded Court of the Gladiators at Pompeii, Italy. During Nero’s reign, the court served as barracks for gladiators competing in the nearby amphitheater.In Pompeii, Italy, the Basilica stands with an elegant, two-tiered Hellenistic-style Tribunal visible behind it. The basilica, originating in the 2nd century BCE, stands as the city’s most ancient public structure. Initially, it served as a covered market before transforming into the Law Courts’ location at the start of the 1st century AD. The Tribunal was then constructed at the western edge of the structure. The surrounding portico featured 28 fluted Corinthian columns, each standing 11 meters tall.
