V.4.a Pompeii. Casa di Marco Lucrezio Frontone or House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto.

Excavated 1899. Linked to V.4.11.

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V.4.a Pompeii. Plan showing rooms in the house part.

Plan courtesy of Annette Haug.

The plan link at the top of this page will show the full plan of the house and garden.

Façade

Vicolo di Lucrezio Frontone, Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north between V.3, on left, and V.4, on right, from junction with Via di Nola.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.4.a Pompeii. January 2023.

Looking north towards entrance doorway on east side of Vicolo di Lucrezio Frontone. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north towards entrance doorway, on east side of Vicolo di Lucrezio Frontone.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking north along front façade.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.3 Pompeii, on left. September 2004.         Vicolo di M. L. Frontone, looking north past V.4.a, on right.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south towards entrance doorway, on east side of Vicolo di Lucrezio Frontone.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking south along front façade.

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Front wall and entrance doorway.

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V.4.a Pompeii. July 2010. Front wall and entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

Entrance ‘a’

V.4.a Pompeii. October 2023. Looking east to entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east to entrance doorway.

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2012. Entrance doorway nameplate. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.

V.4.a Pompeii. December 2005. Entrance doorway.

V.4.a Pompeii. July 2010. Entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking towards south side of entrance doorway.   

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. South side of entrance doorway and looking south along roadway.    

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking west towards doorway threshold from entrance corridor.

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking towards north side of entrance doorway.   

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east along entrance corridor/fauces.    

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east along flooring in entrance corridor/fauces.    

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east towards doorway threshold from roadway.

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Detail of flooring in entrance corridor/fauces.    

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South wall of entrance corridor/fauces ‘a’.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2019. Looking west along south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking west along south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking towards upper west end of south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Detail from upper south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

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V.4.a Pompeii. May 2015. Upper south wall of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.4.a Pompeii. May 2015. Looking towards south wall of entrance corridor. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking west along lower south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018. Looking east along lower south wall of entrance corridor/fauces.  

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018.

Looking west along south wall of entrance corridor/fauces, with doorway to storeroom ‘d’, on left.  

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V.4.a Pompeii. March 2018.

Looking west along entrance corridor/fauces towards entrance doorway.   

Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR

According to Sogliano –

“The atrium of this magnificent house was covered since the time of excavation (about 1900); but the entrance hall and the two side rooms still remain undefended. To guarantee this, I had the floors built above the ancient height, which recur in only one level. In the room on the right, it was easy to redo the wooden stairs/ladder to access the upper floor.”

See Sogliano, A. (1909). Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal 1 Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909. (p.18-19).

V.4.a Pompeii. Description by Sogliano.

See Sogliano, A. (1909). Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal 1 Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909. (p.18).

V.4.a Pompeii. Description by Sogliano.

See Sogliano, A. (1909). Dei lavori eseguiti in Pompei dal 1 Luglio 1908 a tutto Giugno 1909. (p.19).

Entrance corridor/fauces continued in next part

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