Sujet

Italy, Herculaneum

Légende

Italy. Herculaneum. House of the Relief of Telephus, with the adjacent House of the Gem. (Eat.Ins,I,2). Built on three levels during August period (27BC-14 AD). It was remodeled afther the earthquake in 62 AD. View of the atrium which is a street level. It is similar to a peristyle, with columns supporting not the slopes of the roof, but the rooms of the upper floor. Between the columns hang the plaster casts of the marble oscilla (discs Dionysian theme). Campania.

Date

2002

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG20B25_190

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,9Mo (11,5Mo) / 40,4cm x 35,9cm / 4773 x 4237 (300dpi)

Mots clés

upper class (East.Ins 1st century 1st century A.D. 1st century AD 2) 79 AD Archaeological Site Campania Cardo V Ercolano Europe Herculaneum House of the Relief of Telephus I Italian Italy Mount Roman Roman Empire Roman society Romans Telephus The House of the Telephus Relief Unesco World Heritage Site Urbanism Vesuvius ancient ancient Rome ancient age antique archaeology archeological site archeology architecture aristocratic atrium casts city civilisation civilization classes column columned columns daily life destroyed dome domestic domus elite era eruption fountain fountaint garden history house housing impluvium painted painting period plaster preserved red remain remains residence ruin ruins society upper class