Gromatics illustrations from newly discovered pavements in Pompeii

Abstract

In recent archaeological investigations of Pompeii Regio V houses, a series of new, rather enigmatic images on the floors of the entrance and of the Tablinium of the so called House of Orion have been unearthed. These images are presented here together with a tentative interpretation, which is based on a clear analogy of their content with the illustrations of the codexes of the Gromatics, the Roman agrimensores