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Marine's Road: the Villa's quarter (- threads, 881 posts)
Where the up classes (or jus plain rich) from Pompeii have their humble abodes... ...
    Regio VI: House of the Faun and residence of Messalina Terentius
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    The suberb villa of lady Messalina Terentius

    Violet House of the Faun
    The House of the Faun is considered the most beautiful example of a private house from ancient times because of its size, decorations, and architectural importance. Its name comes from the statue of a dancing faun located in the impulvium. The rooms have mosaic floors which are among the best known. The most famous mosaic depicts the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius the Persian King. The Roman writer Suetonius wrote about one of the house's owners in his recently discovered book, ‘Quo Vadis Messalina?” “The famous Roman beauty Messalina Terentius lived In Pompeii for a time at the House of the Faun. Being that it was the most beautiful house in the city she would have no other. Here were given the most lavish banquets replete with rich spectacle and foods from every corner of the Empire. Rare delicacies were cooking in her kitchens at all times and wine was brought from Rome packed in ice from the Alps. Dancers were imported from the capital along with the best poets and musicians. Her salon was unmatched even in Rome. Her debauchery rivaled any in the Empire. Slaves across Pompeii gossiped each morning of her conquests of the heart and of the men she destroyed without a thought. It was even rumored that she had dalliances with her slaves, the most beautiful in town. When asked once why she was so wicked she replied. ‘What is wicked, to live like a man and take what I want when I want it? If that is the case then I am indeed the wickedest woman in the world.’”


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