Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
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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)
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- Thermopolium di Vetutius Placidus (Italian, modern)
- Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus (English, modern)
- Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus connection 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, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/975975197> [accessed: 28 September 2023]
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