House of the Seasons (La maison des Saisons)

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Dates

4th-5th century CE

Garden Description

This house, known for its majestic and richly decorated oecus, is laidout around a peristyle courtyard that was probably planted. The house is dated to the late IVth. early Vth. Century (Plan view, Fig. 1).

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the House of the Seasons.

Credit: (Duval, N. and Hallier, G., 1972, fig. 11)

Bibliography

Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, pp. 201-202. (worldcat)
Duval, N., Baratte, F., Les ruines de Sufetula Sbeïtla, Tunis, 1973, pp. 65-69, fig. 44. (worldcat)
Duval, N., "Plastique chrétienne de Tunisie et d'Algérie", in Bulletin archéologique du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifique BAC (1972), pp. 69-75 and fig. 11.(worldcat)
Merlin, A., in BCTH, 1910, pp. CXCVI-CXCVII. (worldcat)
Parrish, D., "The Mosaic of Xenophon from Sbeitla", in Mosaïque, Recueil d'hommages à Henri Stern, Paris, 1982, pp. 297-306, pl. CXCV. 1. (worldcat)
Parrish, D., The Seasons mosaics of Roman North Africa, Rome, 1984, pp. 215-218. (worldcat)

Sufetula on Gardens of the Roman Empire

House of the Seasons (La maison des Saisons)

Dates

Garden Description

Plans

Bibliography

Keywords