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property owner, businesswoman, and public figure in
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Scholars disagree on Julia Felix's upbringing and the ways in which she inherited the money needed to create a villa; some believe Julia Felix was a "low-born, illegitimate daughter of
Spurius", others believe she was descended from imperial freedmen. Renting out her villa established herself as a
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and baths were some of the most extravagant aspects of the house used by the tenants. The dining room was elegant and welcoming and like those of the wealthiest citizens of
Pompeii who owned villas in the countryside and on the coast and overlooked the gardens that incorporated small pools and
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The building was then reburied. Fortunately Weber drew a plan of the building, labelling where objects or paintings had been removed, which is priceless for reconstructing today the details of the decoration. Parts of the villa revealed during the first excavation were a
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The fully equipped and elegant baths were intended for only respectable citizens of
Pompeii. They must have been well-used, since most of the public baths in Pompeii were closed for repairs after the damage caused by in the earthquake of AD 62.
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frescoes consisting of dados painted with green plants on a black background, a central zone of red and yellow panels with villas, sanctuaries and flying figures with a set of Apollo and the Muses and another with a frieze of still-life panels.
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PARSLOW, C. C. (1995). Additional
Documents Illustrating the Bourbon Excavations of the “Praedia Iuliae Felicis” in Pompeii. Rivista Di Studi Pompeiani, 7, 115–132.
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The sumptuousness of the architecture and the quality of the decoration indicate that the praedia were intended for richer and higher status customers.
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and was essentially treasure hunting, focussed on recovering valuable objects and paintings for the collection of the
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The frescoes within the House of Julia Felix often depicted small-time merchants and the lifestyles of every day
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of the building, the side facing the Via dell'Abbondanza. Between 1998–1999 some of the most important discoveries were made; a
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facing onto the large garden to the east must have been spectacular with its particularly fine paintings,
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172:Still life with Glass Fruit Bowl and Vases
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161:Still life with Eggs and Game
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618:House of the Greek Epigrams
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