The House with Porticoes: Room K, the dining room (Triclinium) To the top To the top
This triclinium had an exceptional decor. The lower part of the wall decor was fake painted marble, partly hidden by the couches for the guests. Above it stood a trompe-l'oeil architecture consisting of columns with Corinthian capitals and crowned by a green curtain. Two characters stand out: A winged victory brandishing a shield A genie holding in his right hand a hook and carrying on his left arm a cornucopia. On the right, an edicule houses a Roman soldier leaning on his spear. A bust of Apollo Laureate, protector of the Emperor, dominates the scene. A character who could be identified as a magistrate completed the chart on the left. The ensemble can be considered as a manifestation of imperial worship, an exceptional representation in a private dwelling.
The decoration of the vault was made of a bed with false caissons and portraits of divinities including that of a Dioscuri. Other scenes have come down to us: Loves hunters, Leda and the swan, nymph and satyr, centaur, allegories...