Pompeii House of Venus in the Shell

This house, built in the first century B.C. receives its name from the large fresco of Venus In a Shell at the back of the Peristyle Garden. It underwent and a number of modifications before its destruction in A.D. 70. The house belonged to a branch of the family of the Satrii, who was very prominent in the last few years of Pompeii's existence—that is, after the earthquake of A.D. 62.