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This large house, built in the 2nd century B.C. and restructured during the Imperial age, opens onto Via di Nola and consists of a double Tuscan atrium and a peristyle with a double order of columns at the front. The house was given this name as it was discovered in 1879, the year of the eighteenth centenary of the eruption which completely buried Pompeii. It is divided into two sections: the main house, for the master’s family, and the servants’ quarters, with a separate entrance from a side street. In line with tradition it has a private bath-house and swimming pool. A particularly beautiful nymphaeum with a fountain is situated at the rear of the peristyle and a b ... continue
RECIPE OF THE DAY OF THE ANCIENT POMPEII
PULLUS FUSILIS (Chicken With Liquid Filling)
(Apic. ) Ingredients:
1 fresh chicken (approx. 1-1.5 kg)
300 g minced meat (half beef, half pork)
100 g groats (of oat)
2 eggs
250 ml white wine
1 tblsp oil
1 tblsp privet
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 tsp green peppercorns
50 g stone-pine kernels
Liquamen or salt to taste
Instructions:
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Mesh ground pepper, privet, ginger, minced meat and cooked groats. Add
eggs and mix until you have a smooth mass. Season with Liquamen, add oi ... continue
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Love was a common topic of conversation in Pompeii. Feelings, passions, poetic love, sex, homosexuality, prostitution and so forth were all part of daily life and not a source of prejudice. The concept of “obscenity” seems to have been unknown. Love and sex were considered earthly practices of a man’s life that were encouraged by the benevolence of Venus. The thousands of examples of graffiti found on the town’s walls are unequivocal proof of what the people of Pompeii thought about love and sex.