This is a view from the large room at the back of the temple compound into the portico surrounding the temple. It illustrates the easy flow of spaces that characterize this phase of Pompeiian architecture. Some architectural historians argue that early imperial Roman architects were not so much interested in the structure of the buildings they created as they were in such things as the interconnection of spaces, dramatic lines of sight, and the movement of people as they performed the functions for which the spaces were intended. Though this is an interesting argument, it is one that probably will never be resolved.