Regio VIII, Insula 3 
Length of block – 62.23 m
West side – The Forum
East side street – Vicolo dei 12 Dei (3.00 m wide)
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| Doorway | Excavation Date(s) [1] |
Function [2] |
Name [2] |
| VIII, 3, 1 | 1814 | Public Building Place of assembly for elections School |
Comitium School of Venus |
| VIII, 3, 2 | 1814 | Shop (with school?) | Shop with school of Verna (?) |
| VIII, 3, 3 | 1811? | Shop | None |
| VIII, 3, 4 | 1816, 1838 | Atrium House | House of the Popidii House of Ercole and Augia House of the Monkfish |
| VIII, 3, 5 | 1816 | Shop - copper or bronzesmith or dealer? | None |
| VIII, 3, 6 | 1816, 1838 | Shop | None |
| VIII, 3, 7 | 1819, 1837 | Shop | None |
| VIII, 3, 8 | 1809, 1819, 1826, 1837 | Atrium House | House of the Wild Boar House of the Hunt of the Wild Boar House of LL. Coelii, Caldus and Postumus (Descendants of Roman General L. Coelius Caldus, Magistrate in Spain and Roman Consul?) |
| VIII, 3, 9 | 1819, 1837 | Guild or association Shop |
Guild of the Goldsmiths Shop of the goldsmith Anteros (?) |
| VIII, 3, 10 | 1817, 1838 | Stairway to apartment in upper story | Apartment of the doctor? House of the physician A. Pomponius Magonianus and of Pomponius Severus House of the Emperor Francesco II |
| VIII, 3, 11 | 1817, 1838 | House Shop - pharmacy |
House of the physician A. Pomponius Magonianus and of Pomponius Severus House of the Graces with clinic and treatment room (shop, pharmacy) Apothecary's house House of the Surgeon House of the Young Hercules |
[1] Excavation dates have been transcribed from Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt POMPEJI by Liselotte Eschebach and Jürgen Müller-Trollius (Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 1993).
[2] The functions and names of the individual buildings are taken from a Catalogue of the Names of the Structures Along Via dell’Abbondanza, which was compiled by the authors. This information was obtained from seven authorities on Pompeii that are described in the Names Catalogue section of this website. The original source material for this insula can be found in the table entitled Names - South Side. Similar entries have been condensed or combined and Italian, Latin and German terms have been translated into English.