House of the Vettii

ruin · 330 BC – 2100 AD

The so-called House of the Vettii (VI, 15, 1) is a luxurious townhouse (domus) located in Pompeii. The house's owners in its final phase were the freedmen brothers Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Among other features. the house is important for its Fourth Style wall paintings.

Coordinates

40.75210, 14.48457

Also known as

Casa dei Vetti, Casa dei Vettii (it), Casa dei Vetti, Casa dei Vettii (it), Domus of Aulus Vettius (en), Domus of Aulus Vettius (en), Domus of the AA Vetti Restitutus et Convivia (en), Domus of the AA Vetti Restitutus et Convivia (en), Domus of the AA Vettii Restitutes et Conviva and of Liberalis Hilarus and Verecundus (en), Domus of the AA Vettii Restitutes et Conviva and of Liberalis Hilarus and Verecundus (en), Domus of the Vettii Caprasii (en), Domus of the Vettii Caprasii (en), VI.15.1 (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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