HOUSE OF MENANDER-REGIO I, Home Of Menander-Regio I
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The House of Menander is one of the best preserved and largest domus in Pompeii, with almost 1,800 square meters of floor space.
Scholars believe that its owner, Quintus Poppaeus Sabinus, was related to Emperor Nero's second wife, Poppaea Sabina, and that he also owned the domus in Pompeii now known as the House of the Golden Cupids.
The House of Menander is named after a fresco, found inside, depicting a famous playwright who lived around 300 BC, whose name is written on the hem of his robe and on the scroll he holds.
This suggests that the owner was a real theatre enthusiast....