An imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War. The dominant theme seems to be that of heroism, for the depictions of couples of heroes and divinities.
The hall measures approximately 15 meters long by 6 meters wide and opens into a courtyard which appears to be an open-air service hallway, with a long staircase leading to the first floor. Under the arches of the staircase an enormous pile of construction material was found set aside. Someone had drawn in charcoal, on the rough plaster of the grand staircase, two pairs of gladiators and what appears toBe a phallostylised drawing. "Pompeii is truly a treasure chest that never ceases to surprise us and arouse amazement because, every time we dig, we find something beautiful and significant," says the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, comments on the discovery of the hall. The excavation activity in insula 10 of Regio IX is part of a broader project to secure the perimeter front between the excavated and non-excavated area.