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Although one would expect Roman influence in all the buildings of Pompeii, this
was not the case, and the Basilica - the most important public building of Pompeii,
and a large one - shows a strong Greek influence. The Basilica was both a court
and a commercial building. The (local) brick columns apparently were covered with plaster
and painted - not the fluted, solid marble columns of other great buildings elsewhere.
It was undoubtedly a major undertaking to create this structure, marble or no.