House of Nicentus (Maison de Nicentus)

Contributor: Nicholas Gill
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

3rd-4th century CE

Garden Description

The house is adjacent to the E angle of the Forum at the back of the Curia.

It was laid out around a peristyle garden (VI-X) of 12 columns (Plan view, Fig. 1). A low wall separated the porticos from the garden. Two semicircular pools projected into the garden; they were located in the axis of two reception rooms. The largest of the pools faced the oecus (XIV); its bottom was paved with a fish mosaic and the inside depicted putti boating and swimming. The second basin on the SE side faced room XI.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of Nicentus ( CMT, V. II, fasc.1, plan 10-11)

Bibliography

  • Alexander, Margaret A., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Thuburbo Majus, Les mosaïques de la région du Forum, V. II, fasc.1, INA, Tunis, 1980, pp. 39-52, plan 10-11 (worldcat)
  • Ben Abed-Ben Khader, A., Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie, Thuburbo Majus, Les mosaïques de la région Ouest, V. II, fasc.3, INA, Tunis, 1987.(worldcat)
  • Bullo, S. and F. Ghedini,. Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp.221-223. (worldcat)

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