The house, one of the most elegant of the Imperial era, is set around the spectacular peristylium with a rare rhodium type of garden, with higher columns on one side surmounted by a fronton, which conveyed a sacred aura to the overlooking rooms. Among these, particular attention should be given to the large hall, characterised by high quality mythological paintings and having a mosaic floor with a central rosette according to the fashion of the Augustan era. The religiousness of the peristylium is also emphasised by the presence of two places of worship: the aedicula of the lararium for traditional domestic worship and a particular chapel, dedicated to the worship of Egyptian gods.

This is evidenced by the paintings of Anubis, god of the dead, with a jackal's head; Harpocrates, child god son of Isis, Isis and Serapis, healing god; alongside objects of the cult of Isis, whose owner was perhaps a priest. The garden was decorated with reliefs and marble sculptures, some of which are originally Greek. The name of the house is attributed to the Cupids engraved on two gold medallions that decorate a cubicle of the portico. Graffiti and a seal ring indicate the owner as Gnaeus Poppaeus Habitus, a relative of Poppea Sabina, Nero's second wife.

Date of excavation: 1903-1905.