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Pompeiian

/ pɒmˈpeɪən, -ˈpiː- /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pompeii or its inhabitants

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Pompeii

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"And this is so huge - it's probably the biggest bath complex in a Pompeiian private home."

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With the Pompeiian color palette, Cutuli is dying scarves with motifs taken from the House of Vetti frescoes, which include the cupids.

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Cutuli uses the root of “rubia tinctorum,” or rose madder, for the famous Pompeiian red.

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The fresco, done in the classic style of Pompeiian art, depicts Hercules as a child strangling a snake.

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“So, you have this mixture: nature, architecture, art. But it is also a story about the social life of the Pompeiian society and actually the Roman world in this phase of history,” Zuchtriegel added.

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