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The Terrace of M. Nonius Balbus has statuary of that high-profile political leader. He died years before the eruption. He'd been Octavian's buddy and also praetor of Crete. Just below that terrace are the Fornici or Barrel Arched Boathouses, the 4 rooms containing the 340 skeletons of those victims who'd once sought beach-side refuge, unawares that volcanic threats would be ongoing (see above skeletons). Their poignant remains were discovered in 1980. Were they the rich 1% or were they slaves?
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