House of Africa (Maison de l'Afrique)

Dates

Beginning of the 3rd century CE

Garden Description

This vast house (3000 m2) was laid out around a peristyle garden (Plan view, Fig.1). The sunken garden was enclosed by a low wall that curved to form a semi-circular basin in-between the third and fourth column to which was adjoined a euripus at the end of which a rectangular platform supported either a sculpture or a fountain.

Bibliography

• H. Slim, CMGR VII-1, 1999, pp. 137-38, Archéologia, Avril 2000, n° 366. (worldcat)
• Bullo, S., Ghedini, F., Amplissimae atque ornatissimae domus: l'edilizia residenziale nelle città della Tunisia romana, Rome: Edizioni Quasar, 2003, p.123-124. (worldcat)

Keywords

• peristyles (Roman courtyards)AAT:300080971
• semicircular basin

Explore the places containing this garden:

• Thysdrus
• Africa Proconsularis