Regio V occupies the north-eastern sector of Pompeii and is bordered in the south by street Via di Nola and in the west by Via Stabiana. Regio V remains largely unexcavated. Insuls 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 contain buildings that should be considered in more detail. Most of the buildings of private and commercial nature.
Insula 1
House of L. Caecilius Jucundus (26)
House of Faustus (23) - It was heavily damaged by a bombing
during the Second World War which destroyed the entrance
corridor and three rooms: in the atrium there are remains of
the impluvium, while several wall decorations are preserved
in the triclinium and tablinum, as well as in the kitchen
where a lararium was found next to the hearth, then lost.
House of M. Tofelanus Valens (28) - It is a small house of less
than one hundred square meters, consisting of five rooms:
there are remains of wall decorations, especially the
lararium, made with a ' kiosk in stucco and parts painted in
red and white where were designed plants green, while inside
you can see the holes where the statuettes were placed.
Insula 2
House of the Silver Wedding (THE)
Queen Margaret House (1) - It was excavated in 1883 and later
damaged by a bombing in 1943 which led to the loss of some
frescoes: however in some rooms and in the triclinium
pictorial decorations were preserved in the fourth style
such as the rage of Licurgo, Arianna abandoned by Theseus
and Narcissus among nymphs and cupids.
House of Bacchus
(4) -
Also called Casa del Triclinio it was explored in 1883 and
presents the classic layout of Roman houses: inside there
are paintings in the third style, especially in the garden,
with a well-preserved peristyle and in the triclinium;
instead the lararium that was found near the entrance with
the representation of Jupiter was lost .
House of Paccia
(10) -
The building has numerous frescoes, some of which have been lost,
such as those present in a sort of triclinium, depicting the
myth of Daedalus and Pasiphae, while others are preserved on
site and are mostly the skirting of wall panels and others
have finally been detached and kept at the National
Archaeological Museum of Naples as Marcia, Minerva, and the
Muses or Marcia that his flute.
Casa di Giove (15) - The
entrance walls were in travertine with yellow and purple
paint, while the atrium, with no side rooms, bears the
remains of an impluvium in the center : it then follows the
garden with peristyle and a small lararium and a room used
as a triclinium; several frescoes have been found as the
Universal Judgment of Paris.
Muse House (F) - It was
excavated in 1891 and featured several electoral
inscriptions on the main façade: the atrium has no
impluvium, the kitchen had a white plaster with red spots
and a small lararium while a terracotta dolium and several
amphorae were found in the courtyard.
House of N.
Fufidius Successus (G) - It was explored in 1891 and 1907 is
characterized by a Tuscan-style atrium with impluvium in the
tuff and in this environment it was found a seal that bore
the name of Fufidius Successus, who was also repeated on
some graffiti on the wall; most of the pictorial decorations
are in the third style like that of a rural sanctuary with
flying animals around or Perseus releasing Andromeda.
House of Cenacolo (H) - It was excavated in 1891 and restored in
1975 offering the possibility of seeing the upper floor,
which is accessed via a staircase in the atrium: this is
characterized by four columns; in different rooms of the
house are visible frescoes both in first and third style and
remains of the mosaic pavement as in the tablinum, made with
geometric motifs.
Insula 3
House with shop (3) - Excavated in 1877 and 1905,
restored in 1979, it was also equipped with an upper floor,
of which the first steps of the staircase can be seen:
although inside there is no lararium, a statue was found in
one of the rooms. of Fortune.
Attic House (4) - It is
characterized by a long corridor made of limestone blocks
and had to have the walls decorated with black ground
plaster and a garden, with the remains of two columns that
still have the stucco finishings, on which the tablinum
appears, with lararium, decorated in red; other rooms also
have remains of decorations in black, red and yellow, some
of which are enriched with medallions with griffins.
House of Narcissus (6) - It was excavated between 1900 and 1902
: the part facing the street was used as a shop, where there
was also a staircase leading to the upper floor; inside the
house the paintings of the triclinium are well preserved,
where in the panel we can see the representation of
Narcissus, who also gives his name to the house, sitting on
a podium.
House of the Queen of Holland (7) - It was first
explored in 1901 and later in 1908 : once past the entrance,
you enter a large vestibule overlooking the atrium,
surrounded by cubicles; then follows a narrow corridor where
the kitchen with latrine stood , and then to the garden
where there are several well-preserved larariums, one of
which is a niche with a pediment.
House of Cosmus and
Epidia (9) - On the entrance façade there were some electoral
inscriptions: inside, in the atrium, there are remains of
the impluvium, while in some surrounding cubicles there are
remains of the plaster in red and yellow; in the garden is a
lararium with a niche, of which only a few traces of
decoration remain, such as the serpent at the base.
House
of M. Samellius Modestus (12) - Also called Casa degli Ori it is
still partially excavated: on the façade several electoral
inscriptions asking for votes for Sammelius Modestus, a
construction, while in the entrance corridor red chalk
panels with central squares depicting birds and insects were
found; decorations, again on the subject of animals and
insects, can also be found in other areas.
Insula 4
House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto (TO)
House of a Flamine (3) - It was excavated in 1842 and in 1899
and damaged during a bombing in 1943 , which destroyed among
other things the staircase that led to the upper floor and
part of the lararium in the atrium: in this same environment
human and animal skeletons were also found; in various rooms
there are traces of pictorial remains, some well preserved,
while among the most significant finds several bronze and
silver coins and statuettes of divinities were found.
Home of M. Fabius Secundus and Optata (13) - Also called Casa
delle Origini in Rome, it was explored several times between
1873 and 1903 and is named after the discovery of a bronze
seal with the name of Fabius Secundus and a small painting
depicting the foundation of Rome , now exhibited at the
museum archaeological site of Naples : the house has an
irregular layout and in various environments, such as in the
triclinium and in a diaeta, traces of wall decorations are
still present.
House of M. Samellius Modestus (C) - Also
known as the House of the Duchess of Aosta, it was excavated
between 1905 and 1906, although only partially: on the
façade an epigraph was found which referred to Sammelius
Modestus and at the time of exploration it was possible to
cast a ladder.
Insula 5
House without Compluvium (2) - It is so called because of the absence of the compluvium: the problem of lighting the environment was easily solved by creating large windows; the house, with an irregular layout, had walls up to six meters high and was also equipped with an upper floor. Characteristic is the graffiti near a window that convinced the thieves not to enter.
Insula 7
House of Paris (6) - It is a house partially excavated between 1907 and 1908 and of which only the façade is visible, even if the main entrance is not clearly known as seven gates were found: on the façade there are remains of plaster with some electoral registrations.