The preservation of Pompeii, by its burial in the volcanic ashes of Vesuvius, has brought to our days scenes of the common life more rare. They are frescoes that in their time were more decorative art than artistic work and could, as we paint our walls today, disappear more easily. Thus the new Dominus and Domina of a domus, in the absence of historical or religious attachment, could see in these frescoes the representation of the previous owner or also see it as a decoration simply out fashion, which gave these representations a life expectancy more ephemeral … But times stopped for Pompeii in 79 BC. J. -C …
Looking at herself in a mirror of bronze or polished silver, this young woman prepares her hairstyle, which was the first step in the grooming of a Roman, then came the make-up, the clothes and the jewels. It is probably a young girl because the hairstyle of a Domina was very complex and was mainly prepared by a slave.