In Pompeii, the most recent excavations in the previously unexplored section of the Villa of the Mysteries, one of the most famous monuments of the ancient world, have revealed a waiting bench situated on the public road in front of the villa's entrance gate. Those waiting here, however, were most likely not visitors eager to admire the celebrated Dionysian-mysterious frescoes that have made the complex famous since the first explorations in 1909/10, but rather clients seeking favors from the master of the house, along with laborers and beggars traveling the road linking Pompeii to modern Boscoreale. In the morning, Roman owners would receive clients, who were members of a lower social class who had somehow become connected to a prominent figure in local society, as part of the salutatio practice. In exchange for favors, legal aid, and large or little loans, they would offer political support in city elections. The same benches are also present in front of certain domus in Pompeii. Similar to a doctor's office with a full waiting room, the crowded benches in front of Pompeian domus were also a source of pride: the more customers waited in front of the entrance, the more important the owner of the house must have been.