Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Athanasia Varveri Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Athanasia Varveri Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 09, 2025 08:33 AM
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tags:
lararium,
Third style
The house and thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus (I,8,8) opens directly onto the south side of the Via dell'Abbondanza.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/975975197
40.750762, 14.4902661
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Casa e Thermopolium di Vetutius Placidus" (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Thermopolium di Vetutius Placidus (Italian, modern)
- Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus (English, modern)
- Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus located at Pompeii (unspecified date range)
- Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus part of (analytical) Regio I, Pompeii (modern)
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taberna, shop, townhouse
Pleiades
The thermopolium was a public establishment, often interpreted as a sort of 'snack-bar', in the Roman world. These establishments served drinks and hot foods, usually at the lunchtime meal (prandium). There are 89 such establishments known in Pompeii.
Athanasia Varveri, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/975975197> [accessed: 13 December 2025]
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