The space is attached to a banquet hall and emerged from the excavations of insula 10 of the Region IX area of Pompeii. This reveals examples of the opulence of who owned the place two millennia ago.
The archaeologists found at the site of Pompeii (southern Italy) “one of the complexes largest private hot springs“never found on the site of this ancient Roman city, destroyed by the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in AD 79.
Space, that is “outbuilding of a banquet hall”emerged from the ongoing excavations in the so-called Insula 10 of the Region IX area of Pompeii and reveals examples of the opulence of who owned the site two millennia ago, reported this Friday the Archaeological park of the site.
According to its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, it is “an example of how the Roman domus served as a stage for artistic and cultural show that the owner has taken care of win votes and be in favor with the goodwill of the guests”.
Also notable are the paintings of the walls, “with themes from the Trojan War” or images of athletes, elements that tried to reveal an atmosphere “of culture, science and leisureThere is also a room with black walls, “which was supposed to transport guests to a great Greek palace”, another element of opulence.
So far, this is “one of the largest and most articulated sites among the private thermal spaces ever known in Pompeii,” the Archaeological Park emphasizes in a note.
The complex belonged to some important figure of local society“who was part of the city’s elite and who, given his position, “had a space to accommodate countless people, to whom he could offer rich banquets and the opportunity to bathe and relax“.
They also attended these events “humble people” whereupon the powerful man showed his wealth and offered to “do a good treatment in the hot springs of the house”, in which “it would probably be the largest thermal complex in a house in Pompeii”, according to the director.
“It was customary that first the bath took place and then the banquet, all in the complex of the same house, where there is room for thirty people,” says the director, who assures that the thermal room had all the necessary structures.
The bathrooms consisted of ‘calidarium’, ‘tepidarium’ and ‘frigidarium’ (warm, warm and cold room), and the house also had a cold room with a large patio with porticoes, with a large pond in the middle.
Source: EITB
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