ocr: paintings not only of fig, pear, plum and arbutus trees but also of a lemon tree the first indication that citrus fruit was cultivated in Campania in ancient times. The most important discoveries in the postwar excavation period have been the Nucerian Gate (the seventh gate of the city) and the nearby cemetery. Outside the gate, along an arterial road that connected Pompeii with Nuceria, a major city of south Campania, we found a long series of tombs, the largest of which are stately mausoleums. Almost all have commemorative inscriptions and statues or busts in stone, marble or tufa (soft volc ...
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