42), by special inquiry.

All that is as yet certain is that Regions I, III, V, and VI were laid out, and their houses were (in part at least) in existence before--perhaps long before--80 B.C., when the Sullan colony was planted,[49] and we see also that Region VI is planned differently from I and III.
[49] Region VI contains an ancient column of the sixth century B.C.

(Mau, _Fuehrer_, p.

113), but this may not be _in situ_.
Another fact claims notice.

The town-planning of Pompeii is in the main trapezoidal, not rectangular.