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House of the small Peristyle

Contributor: Yuming Huang
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-09-16

Dates

Late 1st-4th century CE

Garden Description

This small house (320 m²) is located on the lower part of the hill, south of the House of Marcus Aurelius. The plan is characteristic of small houses with a peristyle (Plan view, Fig. 1). The west part of the house is occupied by a large triclinium E opening onto the peristyle. Four other rooms paved with mosaics are laid on the north aisle. Surrounding the mortared courtyard H a low wall interweaves between the columns, creating a semi-circular exedra on the eastern side H4. Tis courtyard may have been planted at an earlier phase. Possibly belonging to this same house, the east part of the domus may have been a garden with a basin b in the northern corner. The house is dated from the Ist century A.D.

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Small Peristyle
Credit: (Lassère, J.-M., Slim, H., 2010)

Bibliography

  • Lassère, J.-M., Slim, H., Maisons de Clupea. Les maisons de l'Ecole de pêche, Paris, 2010, p. 25-66. (worldcat)

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