Wall painting from the House of the Vetti, in

Wall painting from the House of the Vetti, in the Roman city of Pompeii. The house partially survived the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful freedmen: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius. The wall frescos, completed following the earthquake of 62 AD, are in the manner art historians term the Pompeiian Fourth Style

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