Roman Houses - House of Octavius Quarto

Question 1

What does the house show? What were its greatest features?

Answer 1

how the focus could move from atrium to peristyle

large gardens, water features, shrines, fountains

Question 2

What was on the outside?

Answer 2

main street of pompeii, front seating, 2 front rooms for shops

Question 3

What was in the atrium/entrance hall and around?

Answer 3

rectangular atrium w impluvium of fountain jet surrounded by flower boxes
rooms were standard, led into peristyle

Question 4

What was on the 4th side?

Answer 4

peristyle opened onto pergola that overlooked garden, under ran a canal lined w garden statues and bridge
painted walls of diana and actaeon (hunting dogs)

Question 5

What was on the north/east side?

Answer 5

dining w lots of paintings (hercules, trojan war, hunting scenes), couches w small household shrine w 2 more paintings

Question 6

What was on the south side?

Answer 6

led off into garden,longer pergola and canal

ran all along garden w statues , paintings, bridges and fountains and small temple