Gangs of Rome - Low Rank Shops

This is the next building for my Gangs of Rome table. It is the last one I have at hand so there will be a short break in the build until some more kits arrive. 

The kit is Sarissa's Lower Rank Shops and depicts four separate ground floor tabernas with living quarters above. You could easily remove one of the ground floor internal walls and make a shop with a larger space although and I may try that on a future build. 

The tabernae from left to right are a grocer, fishmonger, glassware merchant and a small wine bar (popina/thermopolium). I have read that of the excavated portion of Pompeii there are around 89 popinae in total, so I can safely assume they are a fairly common occurrence within a city. The glassware seller is obviously doing well enough to have poured a little money back into his taberna.

While detailing this build I realised that many of the accessories I put into the shops won't be seen from the street, making them a little superfluous. The images below with the dark interiors were obviously shot with the upper floor on and this is the typical way you will view the buildings. Anything beyond the threshold is lost in total darkness. I fully detailed the grocer but as you can see all of the extra accessories beyond the counter will rarely be seen. I think I've come to the conclusion to only detail what will be seen from the street and resist detailing the interiors.