Pompeii - Regio VIII, Insula 2

Corner detail

We got to see a number rather interesting and little seen sites along the southernmost alley/street within the walls of Pompeii. Again, thanks to Michael who wanted to gravitate away from large crowds of large tourists (ok, it was December there weren’t many crowds, except at the cafeteria). I of course had a minor panic attack because we were not following the route the guidebook told us to go. I eventually relented as it was quite serendipitous as these pictures from an unnamed house in Regio VIII insula 2 prove. The paintings are in the Third Style and are incredibly vivid. 

A lovely mosaic of a wolf was also in the same Regio, though I cannot remember if it was actually the same house as the paintings.