10. Villa of the Mysteries, Cult of Bacchus (Pompeii) 50 B.C.
11. Atrium, House of the Silver Wedding (Pompeii) early 1st
century A.D.
This house was named in honour of the Italian royal couple, Umberto and Margherita of Savoy, on the occasion of
their silver wedding anniversary in 1893, the same year in which the house was discovered. It is located in the last
side street off Via Vesuvio, next to an area which has yet to be excavated. It was built in the 2nd century B.C. and
is distinguished by its high atrium with four large column which support the roof and its bedroom where the
sunlight was filtered by means of veils. There are two gardens. The first is in line with the atrium and has its own
private bath-house and open-air swimming pool, a large kitchen and garden and an elegant living room. The latter
was decorated with a mosaic floor and a second style paintings and has four octagonal imitation porphyry
columns supporting a barrel-vaulted ceiling. The ceiling of the peristyle is higher on the side which receives most
sunlight in order to provide a particularly pleasant area to sit on winter days. The second garden, which is much
larger and completely surrounded by a wall, has a pool in the centre and an outdoor triclinium.
20. The Tetrarchs, 300 A.D.
The tetrarchs (from the Greek words for "Four rules") were the four co-rulers
that governed the Roman Empire as long asDiocletian's reform lasted. Here
they were portraied embracing, in sign of harmony, in a porphyry sculpture
dating from the 4th century, produced in Asia Minor, today on a corner
of Saint Mark's in Venice, next to the "Porta della Carta".
