Fresco, Casa e Termopolium di Vetutius Placidus
Lararium with stucco and fresco depicting the Genius of the household (centre), performing a sacrifice over a small folding altar, with Mercury on the left and Bacchus on the right, on the South wall of the bar in the Casa e Termopolium di Vetutius Placidus, in the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, or Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Campania, Italy. Pompeii was a Roman city which was buried in ash after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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