Jashemski, W., and A. Malek (2021). "House of the West (Maison de l'est)." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/c3caa55c41/

House of the West (Maison de l'est)

Contributor: Jinyi Yang
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-06-24

Dates

2nd century CE

Garden Description

The peristyle garden (V) has a rectangular basin with curved angles extending from two middle columns on the W side, facing the triclinium (XI). The house is dated to the II century.

Plans

Fig.1: Plan of the House of the West (CMT, plan 4)

Bibliography

  • Bullo, S. and F. Ghedini,. Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.339-340. (worldcat)
  • Dulière, C., Ben Baaziz, S., et al., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Utique, Les Mosaïque in situ en dehors des insulae I-II-III, INA, Tunis, 1974, pp.19-26, plans 4. (worldcat)

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