Date: 50-30 BCE
-Series of elaborate figural murals that seem to portray the initiation rites of a mystery religion (cult of Bacchus??)
-Bacchus: one of the most important deities in Pompeii
-Simulated marble dado; figural scenes take place on a shallow "stage" with a deep red background (Pompeian red)
-Unfolds around the entire room, a succession of events that culminate the acceptance of an initiate into the cult
