The Houses of The Cenacoli Colonnades help us understand how ordinary Pompeiians lived. Even with the minimal evidence that archeologists have uncovered, this structure shows a mix of residential and mercantile functions. The family that lived on the bottom floor seemed to have their business attached to their living quarters, though we are still unsure what the business involved.
Photographed 1970-79 by Günther Einhorn, picture courtesy of his son Ralf Einhorn. (From https://pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpictures/R9/9%2012%2001.htm)
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