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Pompeii House of Venus in the Shell

Pompeii House of Venus in the Shell

This house, built in the first century B.C. receives its name from the large fresco of Venus In a Shell at the back of the Peristyle Garden.  It underwent and a number of modifications before its destruction in A.D. 70.  The house belonged to a branch of the family of the Satrii, who was very prominent in the last few years of Pompeii's existence—that is, after the earthquake of A.D. 62.