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Pompeii Stabian Gate or Porta Stabia.

Plan of tombs.

Use this plan of the tombs at the Pompeii Stabian Gate or Porta Stabia to access the pompeiiinpictures photographs.

Click on any tomb on the plan or a link below to see the pictures.

Visible tombs

Stabian Gate SGD  - M Tullius schola tomb

Stabian Gate SGH  - M Tullius enclosure at rear of schola

Stabian Gate SGF  - M Alleius Minius schola tomb

Stabian Gate SGG  - M Alleius Minius enclosure at rear of schola

 

Tombs no longer visible

Stabian Gate third bench tomb -  Unexcavated bench tomb

Stabian Gate CC  - Tomb of Cn Clovatius

Stabian Gate GC  - Tomb with relief of gladiatorial combats

Stabian Gate FAZZ -  Fondo Azzolini Necropolis

We are at present unable to show the exact location of the tombs that are no longer visible.

 

Mau records three further tombs.

1. Unexcavated bench

"A third bench, close to the second, lies under a modern house and has not been uncovered,"

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. p. 430-1.

 

2. Square tomb of Cn Clovatius

"Further from the gate a rectangular seat, probably belonging to the same series of monuments, was discovered in 1854; It was built in memory of a certain Clovatius, duumvir, as shown by a fragment of an inscription that came to light at the same time."

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. p. 430-1.

CIL X 1065 records the inscription "To Gnaeus Clovatius, son of Gnaeus, duumvir with judicial power, military tribune; {burial} place {given  in accordance with a decree of the town councillors}."

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. p. 140; G8.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de), this read -

[C]n(aeo) Clovatio Cn(aei) f(ilio) IIvir(o) i(ure) d(icundo) tr(ibuno) mil(itum) loc[      [CIL X 1065]

Drawing of gladiatorial combat relief which Fiorelli says is from the Tomb of Cn Clovatius.

See Fiorelli Descrizione p. 401, p. 419.

 

3. Tomb with relief of gladiatorial combats

"From still another tomb are reliefs with gladiatorial combats, now in Naples [Archaeological] Museum"

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. p. 430-1.

Gladiatorial relief. Now in Naples archaeological Museum. Inventory number 6704.

 

Fondo Azzolini Necropolis.

According to Berry, in 1911 this necropolis was found about 500m from the Stabian Gate.

"It is thought the site was the burial ground of one particularly extended family, the Epidii.

There were 44 inhumation burials dating from the 4th to 2nd centuries BC, that is to before the Roman Period.

These burials were simple and often contained grave goods such as coins and jewellery.

The later Roman burials on this site, 119 in total, are all cremations.

This serves to emphasise the changes that occurred in all areas of life - not just in politics and public building - after the Romans founded their colony at Pompeii.

Old local families, such as the Epidii, came to adopt the Roman funerary practices rather than hold on to their own traditions."

See Berry, J., 2007. The Complete Pompeii. London, Thames & Hudson, (p.93-4)