III.2.1 Pompeii. Casa di Trebius Valens or House of Aulus Trebius Valens.

Excavated 1913 and 1915.

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III.2.1 Room Plan (Opens in a separate window)

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 20, summer triclinium and garden area. Looking south-west.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 20, summer triclinium and garden area. Looking south-east.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. Graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens.

Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens, east side of entrance.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Graffiti.

The wall on the east side of the entrance was devastated by a bomb landing to the south-east of the house in the Via dell’Abbondanza, in 1943.

A small portion of the writings on the east side were saved, restored and can still be read today.

 

According to Della Corte, some of the inscriptions on the east side of the doorway to confirm the house as belonging to Trebius Valens, were –

Trebi,  surge,  fac    [CIL IV 7624]

Trebius  facit    [CIL IV 7630]

Trebi  et  Soteriche, vigilate    [CIL IV 7632]

Trebius  nec  sine  (Soterico?)    [CIL IV 7627]

He also thought these proved that Sotericus was a near neighbour, from III.2.2 and also across Via dell’Abbondanza at I.12.1/2.

See Della Corte, M., 1965.  Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.345)

 

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

 

Ampliatum  aed(ilem) 

Trebi  surge

 fac(it)    [CIL IV 7624]

 

Cuspium  Pansam

aed(ilem)  v(iis)  a(edibus)  s(acris)  p(ublicis)  p(rocurandis)  d(ignum)  r(ei)  p(ublicae)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  Trebius  fac(it)    [CIL IV 7630]

L(ucium)  Popidium  L(ucium)  f(ilium)  Ampliatum  aed(ilem)  o(ro)  te  fac(ias)

Trebi  et  Soteriche  {et}  vigilate     [CIL IV 7632]

 

L(ucium)  Ceium  Secundum

IIvir(um)  o(ro)  v(os)  f(aciatis)  Trebius  nec  sine     [CIL IV 7627]

According to Varone and Stefani, also lost from this wall were the following CIL IV 7621, 7622, 7623, 7625 ,7628, 7629, 7631, 7633 and 7634.

None of these have been conserved.

Fully conserved is CIL IV 7620, and partially CIL IV 7626, 7992 and 7993, see below.

See Varone, A. and Stefani, G., 2009. Titulorum Pictorum Pompeianorum, Rome: L’erma di Bretschneider, (p.235-240, with photos)

 

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

 

Satrium

quinq(uennalem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)      [CIL IV 7620]

D(ecimum) L(ucretium) V(alentem) f(ilium) aed(ilem) d(ignum) r(ei) p(ublicae) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis)     [CIL IV 7626]

D(ecimi) Lucreti Satri Valentis flaminis [Neronis] Caesaris Aug(usti) f(ilii) perpetui glad(iatorum) par(ia) XX et D(ecimi) Lucreti Valentis fili(i) glad(iatorum) par(ia) X pugn(abunt) Pompeis ex a(nte) d(iem) V Nonis Apr(ilibus) venatio et vela erunt

// Poly[bius(?)]       [CIL IV 7992]

Dedicatione

operis tabularum Cn(aei) Allei Nigidi Mai Pompeis Idibus Iuni(i)s

pompa venatio athletae vela erunt

Nigra va(le)             [CIL IV 7993]

According to Cooley, these advertisements for the gladiatorial games can be translated as –

CIL IV 7992 –

20 pairs of gladiators of Decimus (Polybius – signed by writer’s name, enclosed within the initial D of Decimus) Lucretius Satrius Valens, perpetual priest of ((Nero)) Caesar, son of Augustus, and 10 pairs of gladiators of Decimus Lucretius Valens will fight at Pompeii on 4? April. There will be a hunt and awnings.

She says that this was painted in Black and Red in around AD 50-68, and the name of Nero was plastered over, perhaps after he committed suicide in AD 68.

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.50)

 

 CIL IV 7993 –

At the dedication of (Ocella) of the opus tabularum of Gnaeus Alleius Nigidius Maius, at Pompeii on the 13 June, there will be a procession, hunt, athletics, and awnings.  Greeting to Nigra (picture of a head).

She says this was painted in Red and Black, in around 59-69?

She also says there is no agreement about what the “opus tabularum” might be (see p.53)

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2004. Pompeii : A Sourcebook. London : Routledge. (p.54)

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens. [CIL IV 7992]

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens.

CIL IV 7626 can be seen on the extreme left of the photo, only partly conserved.

The last letters R P o, can still be read.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens. [CIL IV 7620]

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens. [CIL IV 7993]

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens. [CIL IV 7993]

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens. [CIL IV 7993]

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. December 2006. Graffiti outside House of Aulus Trebius Valens.

 

III.2.1 Pompeii. December 2007. Graffiti on outside wall.

 

 

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III.2.1 Room Plan (Opens in a separate window)