ocr: cities have furnished fine examples - of temples, baths, theaters and governmental buildings, but nowhere else can we see So complete a documentation of ancient home life as at Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum, also buried by the eruption of Vesuvius. At Pompeii we have houses of various classes, perfectly preserved in the details of structure and decoration, and we can follow the evolution of home styles through at least three or four centuries. The evolution begins with the Italic domus, characterized by a central court (atrium), a living room, bedrooms and an attached orchard. On ...
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