The House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompeii

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Carole Raddato
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published on 23 September 2019
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View of the raised garden of the House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompeii. The garden features an elegant fountain supplied by a jet of water that gushed from a statue of Silenus. The house is named after a small painting in which writing instruments are represented, including a letter addressed to Marcus Lucretius, decurion of Pompeii and priest of Mars.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2019, September 23). The House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompeii. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11258/the-house-of-marcus-lucretius-in-pompeii/

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Raddato, Carole. "The House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompeii." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 23, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11258/the-house-of-marcus-lucretius-in-pompeii/.

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Raddato, Carole. "The House of Marcus Lucretius in Pompeii." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Sep 2019. Web. 10 Sep 2024.

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