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Pompeii. Porta Marina or Marine Gate.

Part 1.                                                          Part 2

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2010. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2010. Restoration of north of the gate and of rear of VII.16.1.

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2010. Restoration of north of the gate and of rear of VII.16.1.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Looking east along Via Marina to gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Looking east along Via Marina to gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. 1980-1990. Road to Porta Marina next to the Suburban Baths. Cippus of T. Suedius Clemens. The Cippus is inscribed: Ex auctoritate imp(eratoris) Caesaris Vespasiani Aug(usti) loca publica, a privatis possessa T(itus) Suedius Clemens tribunus causis cognitis et mensuris factis rei publicae Pompeianorum restituit, By virtue of authority conferred upon him by the Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus, Titus Suedius Clemens, tribune, having investigated the facts and taken measurements, restored to the citizens of Pompeii public places illegally appropriated by private persons. Similar Cippi were found at the Porta Ercolano, Porta Vesuvio and the Porta Nocera. See Conticello, B., Ed, 1990. Rediscovering Pompeii. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p. 225).

Pompeii Porta Marina. 1980-1990.

Road to Porta Marina next to the Suburban Baths.

Cippus of T. Suedius Clemens. The Cippus is inscribed:

 

Ex auctoritate

imp(eratoris) Caesaris

Vespasiani Aug(usti)

loca publica, a privatis

possessa

T(itus) Suedius Clemens

tribunus causis cognitis et

mensuris factis rei publicae

Pompeianorum restituit,

 

By virtue of authority conferred upon him by the Emperor Vespasian Caesar Augustus,

Titus Suedius Clemens, tribune, having investigated the facts and taken measurements,

restored to the citizens of Pompeii public places illegally appropriated by private persons.

 

Similar Cippi were found at the Porta Ercolano, Porta Vesuvio and the Porta Nocera.

See Conticello, B., Ed, 1990. Rediscovering Pompeii. Rome: L’Erma di Bretschneider. (p. 225).

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Looking east along Via Marina.

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Looking east along Via Marina.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005.

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Two tunnel entrances.

Pompeii Porta Marina. September 2005. Two tunnel entrances.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. 1944. Gate after bomb damage. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Pompeii Porta Marina. 1944. Gate after bomb damage. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2006. South side of gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. May 2006. South side of gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. South side of gate. Niche on right hand side where part of a terracotta statue of Minerva was found.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. South side of gate.

Niche on right hand side where part of a terracotta statue of Minerva was found.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Lower left front of gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Lower left front of gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Benches on left of gate.

 

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Painting on wall above benches.

Pompeii Porta Marina. December 2006. Painting on wall above benches.

 

 

 

 

 

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