Zusammenfassung der Ressource
House of the Faun
- BASIC FACTS
- Owner: Cassius Family.
Popular and Powerful
politics family.
- Was known because of
election slogans found on
walls but also because of
a named gold ring
discovered on the
skeleton of a woman in
the tablinium.
- Samnite period around 180 BCE
- Owners were very rich and influencial
- House is very large (2950m squared),
Upper class residence
- At the time it was built, such and size
and luxury would only be found in places
with Hellenistic influence
- House is made up of two parts: Private
part for the family and the public part for
public viewing and guests.
- EVIDENCE OF WEALTHY FAMILY
- Private baths were found within the house.
- Uncommon within private places
- Separate rooms for
gardener, doorman and
servants
- Those of a lesser class
would not need rooms such
as vestibules, tablinia and
large atria. All of these
rooms were found in the
house.
- NOTABLE FEATURES
- Private bathes
- Two Peristylium
- Large public one
- Small private one
- Private part for the family.
- Was an ornamental house:
designed to display wealth and
influence
- AESTHETICALLY
PLEASING FEATURES
- Bronze statue of the Faun in the impluvium.
House got its name from this statue. It
displayed the families wealth.
- Eastern Influence
- Nilotic Scene (Mosaic)
- Alexander Mosaic
- First Style wall painting
- Were used to show to give the house a feeling of
luxury and to give off the impression of wealthy