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   ocr: Valgo; restoration and enlargement of the larger theater to the Olconius family; an imposing wool-textile building to the private munificence ofalady Eumachia; and restor- ation of the Sanctuary of Isis to one Numer- ius Popipidius Celsino. Annual private donations also provided for many current public expenses, such as the spectacles in the amphitheater, the sacred festivals and maintenance of the sanctuaries. The public life of Pompeii revolved a- round three principal city centers: the Forum, the theaters and amphitheater, and the great palaestra. Besides these, the three public baths of co ...