Several tombs have been excavated in a necropolis just outside the Porta Vesuvio gate. One worth special mention is the tomb of Caius Vestorius Priscus, one of the town's aediles who died at the age of 22.
An inscription indicates that the tomb was built on ground donated by the decurions, who had generously contributed the sum of two thousand sesterces to cover the costs of his funeral. Near this important gateway to the villas and farms in the countryside to the north of Pompeii we find an example of hydraulic engineering work which was an important part of the town's water supply system.
This is the so-called Castellum Aquae, which channelled water from a branch of the Augustan aqueduct from Serino into three pipes to supply the different parts of the town. This feat of engineering was extremely useful and marked a change in the people's habits as, prior to this, they had had to draw water from wells or use rainwater that had been channelled from the house's impluvium into specially built tanks.
Several tombs have been excavated in a necropolis just outside the Porta Vesuvio gate. One worth special mention is the tomb of Caius Vestorius Priscus, one of the town's aediles who died at the age of 22.
An inscription indicates that the tomb was built on ground donated by the decurions, who had generously contributed the sum of two thousand sesterces to cover the costs of his funeral. Near this important gateway to the villas and farms in the countryside to the north of Pompeii we find an example of hydraulic engineering work which was an important part of the town's water supply system.
This is the so-called Castellum Aquae, which channelled water from a branch of the Augustan aqueduct from Serino into three pipes to supply the different parts of the town. This feat of engineering was extremely useful and marked a change in the people's habits as, prior to this, they had had to draw water from wells or use rainwater that had been channelled from the house's impluvium into specially built tanks.