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VII.8 Pompeii Forum.  Forum Civile. Excavated 1813.

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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. South side, looking west. The double row of columns formed the colonnade of Popidius. Near the south-east corner a Latin inscription was found: V[ibius] Popidius Ep[idii] f[ilius] q[aestor] porticus faciendas coeravit. “Vibius Popidius, the son of Epidius, when quaestor caused this colonnade to be erected”. See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 50).

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. South side, looking west.

The double row of columns formed the colonnade of Popidius.

Near the south-east corner a Latin inscription was found:

V[ibius] Popidius Ep[idii] f[ilius] q[aestor] porticus faciendas coeravit.

“Vibius Popidius, the son of Epidius, when quaestor caused this colonnade to be erected”.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey, F. W., Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 50).

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.2.10 on south side of Forum.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west along the south side.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west along the south side.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west across the south side.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west across the south side.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 2009. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer. According to Mau, the four monuments arranged in a group with the arched monument at the centre were of the imperial family.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 2009. Looking south. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

According to Mau, the four monuments arranged in a group with the arched monument at the centre were of the imperial family.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west towards the Basilica from the south-east corner.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west towards the Basilica from the south-east corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Looking east across the south side towards the south-east corner. Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Looking east across the south side towards the south-east corner.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Large statute base in south east corner. Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Large statute base in south east corner.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Inscribed marble base for figure on horse. Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Inscribed marble base for figure on horse.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2007. North side of marble base in the south east corner.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2007. North side of marble base in the south east corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. West side of marble statue base with inscription, in the south-east corner.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010.

West side of marble statue base with inscription, in the south-east corner.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2007. South east corner. Red and black marble base with inscription: Q. SALLVSTIO P. F . II. VIR I. D. QVINQ PATRONO D. D. See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.102)

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. December 2007. South-east corner.

Red and black marble base for figure and horse, with Latin inscription on west side:

Q. SALLVSTIO P. F.

II. VIR I. D. QVINQ

PATRONO D. D.

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. (p.102)

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. West side of statue base in south-east corner, with inscription commemorating Quintus Sallustius. “Q. Sallustio, Duumvir, Quinquennial Duumvir, Patron of the Colony”.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010.

West side of statue base in south-east corner, with inscription commemorating Quintus Sallustius.

“Q. Sallustio, Duumvir, Quinquennial Duumvir, Patron of the Colony”.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.3.32 on south east side of Forum. Looking south to Via delle Scuole.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation outside VIII.3.32 on south east side of Forum.

Looking south to Via delle Scuole.

 

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation on the east side of the Forum outside VIII.3.32.

VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Excavation on the east side of the Forum outside VIII.3.32.

 

 

 

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