ABSTRACT
The conclusion gathers together the main advance of the book: a critical understanding of how the peristyle and domus was planned, utilized, and experienced in ancient Pompeii. The chapter answers the question of how the peristyle garden reflects the socioeconomic status of the owner and what was the role of the peristyle in status display. The conclusions critically examine the top-down movement of ideas and influences. In this final chapter, the peristyles are located in their wider urban context in Pompeii, but additionally the Vesuvian city is examined in the context of the Roman Empire and what these results tell us about ancient life.
