I.1.1 Pompeii. Caupona of Epagatus, with dwelling house.

Linked to 1.1.10. Excavated 1872.

I.1.1 Pompeii. 1966. Looking towards doorway on east side of Via Stabiana, and small vicolo. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2018. Entrance looking east from Via Stabiana, and small vicolo, on right. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.1.1 Pompeii. 2 September 2018. Looking south-east towards entrances on Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Entrance looking east from Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Looking east from Via Stabiana towards the double entrance, divided by a pillar.

According to Fiorelli, the Caupona was held by an Epagato, that had a deformity of either his head or his body (del capo o del corpo), and because of this he was called “cilo”, and this name was found on a pillar to the right of the entrance in an electoral recommendation (now no longer there) –

CEIVM . II . V.I.D

EPAGATVS . GYLO

      ROG

See Pappalardo, U., 2001. La Descrizione di Pompei per Giuseppe Fiorelli (1875). Napoli: Massa Editore. P.32

According to Della Corte, the electoral recommendation read:  “EPAGATUS COPO ROG(AT)”   [CIL IV. 1015]

in which he wrote that he could not concede the correction proposed by Zangmeister of CITO or COPO (CIL. IV.1015), as he said the upper part of a Y and the lower part of an L, were visible.

I.1.1 Pompeii, on right. 1966. Looking north-east towards entrances on Via Stabiana. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. North or left doorway, looking east. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance on the north side.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of threshold of left doorway. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking south-east across podium or sales counter, with hearth. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Stone podium or sales counter, with hearth. Looking east.

I.1.1 Pompeii. June 2006. Looking east across counter area, from north doorway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Counter, looking north. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. June 2006. Looking north across counter from south entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking west across rear of counter towards Via Stabiana. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Detail of counter, looking south. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.1.1 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking towards detail from east wall. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.1.1 Pompeii. October 2024. Looking south-east from entrance doorway and counter. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.1.1 Pompeii. October 2024.

Looking towards south end of east wall, with doorway leading to rear at I.1.10, in centre. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. South, or right doorway, looking east. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. 1936, photo taken by Tatiana Warscher.

Looking towards entrance at southern end of the insula.

See Warscher T., 1936. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1, I.5. (no.11), Rome: DAIR, whose copyright it remains.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2005. Entrance on the south side.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking east from south entrance. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Doorway to cubiculum on south side of bar-room. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010.

Looking north across bar room from doorway from cubiculum. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010.

Doorway to passage leading south towards rear at I.1.10. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

I.1.1 Pompeii. September 2010. Looking west from bar-room, across Via Stabiana.

In the corner on the left would have been a staircase to the upper floor, with latrine underneath it. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.7 Pompeii. September 2005.  Via Stabiana from Stabian Gate looking north. I.1.1 on right.

In Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1/I.5, (the copy at DAIR), Warscher included Viola’s description of the insula, from

Gli scavi di Pompei dal 1873 al 1878, introduzione (Pompei e la regione sotterrata dal Vesuvio nell’anno 1879, Napoli, 1879).

This is included at the end in all parts of I.1 on the website.

“Parlando dell’Insula I, Regio I – dicevo che in origine essa dovette essere unita all’isola V, la quale ha ricevuto questo numero sol perchè scavata posteriormente alle altre quattro della stessa regione.  La causa per cui questo spazio fu per mezzo di un vico diviso in due parti noi la ignoriamo, laddove non si può porre in dubbio che tutta questa seconda parte dovette appartenere a un solo proprietario, perchè quasi tutta occupata da un solo edifizio; che le altre due ristrettissima località furono ricavate posteriormente.

La sua area è di m.q. 1595-72: ed è limitata a settentrione dalla via tertia, che la separa dalla isola 2, ad oriente ed occidente da due vicoli privi di selciato, e a mezzogiorno dell’agger che fiancheggia le mura; senza dubbio essa faceva parte de’quartieri ignobili della città, almeno per quanto può congettarsi dal mestiere che vi si esercitasse e della rozzezza della costruzione.  Anche quivi avvennero frequenti trasformazioni, come affermano gli avanzi di costruzioni appartenenti a diverse epoche.

Come si vede dalla prefazione del prof. Viola – fu un malintese con la numerazione delle insulae della Regio I: non si aspettava che vi fosse un vicolo che separa l’insula I dell’insula vicina, e a questa altra fu dato il numero 5 – poichè i numeri 2, 3 e 4 sono stati dati alle insulae scavate prima.  Ma io sono dell’opinione che sia meglio non cambiare i numeri una volta dati, poichè sarebbe troppo difficile di orientarsi nei rendiconti contemporanei agli scavi.

Il vicolo che separa l’insula I della insula 5 – dà l’impressione di un passaggio stretto, nessuna porta, nessuna finestra non danno in questo vicolo.

La mia fotografia è molto tipica per l’insula intiera: muri di tufo o di pietra di Sarno completati nell’epoca tardiva di mattoni; non è possibile di seguire i cambiamenti che avevano luogo nell’insula in questione.  Noi abbiamo, come si vede tre case con thermopolia, cauponae per la gente povera.

Non è rimasta niente della pittura murale”.

See Warscher T., 1935. Codex Topographicus Pompeianus: Regio I.1/I.5. Rome: DAIR.