House of the Silver Wedding

building, Pompeii, Italy

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The House of the Silver Wedding was a luxurious domus, or private family residence, in ancient Pompeii. Built during the second Samnite period (200–80 BCE), it featured an imposing, high-columned atrium and later alterations, including a banquet hall and an exedra used as a schoolroom, decorated in the Second Pompeian (Architectural) style. This style was popular from 80 BCE to 14 CE. The domus, like others in Pompeii, showcases Roman domestic architecture and the refinements introduced through increased trade and cultural contacts. Pompeii itself was a sophisticated Greco-Roman city, preserved by the volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.12

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) The House of the Silver Wedding, with its imposing high-columned atrium, was also built during this period, but it underwent later alterations. The handsome banquet hall and the exedra, which served as a schoolroom for children of the family, were decorated in the Second Pompeian, or…
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) The House of the Silver Wedding, with its imposing high-columned atrium, was also built during this period, but it underwent later alterations. The handsome banquet hall and the exedra, which served as a schoolroom for children of the family, were decorated in the Second Pompeian, or…
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