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Domus de La Marseillaise

Contributor: Yichen Liu
Published: 2021-04-21
Modified: 2025-06-29

Province

Province Description

Ancient Roman colony (founded 118 BCE) and senatorial province located in modern southern France, along the Mediterranean. This province had stronger cultural and political ties to Italy than the rest of Gaul.

Location

Sublocation

Domus de La Marseillaise

House

Domus de La Marseillaise

Keywords

House Description

390 meters north of the Maison Carrée, salvage excavations in 1966 found this dwelling dating from the high Empire and in use for some two centuries. The main entrance was probably on the south. The building was organized around a courtyard with porticos, paved with white mosaics, on three sides. From them, open the living spaces of the house. Onto the northern wing opens the principal room (19.6 square meters) in the form of an exedra flanked by two pilasters. It opens entirely onto the northern gallery. {What does "entirely" mean? }

At the time of the excavation, the central part of the courtyard (32.5 square meters) contained only earth. A trench cut at that time by V. Lassalle revealed a depression filled with stones which may indicate a pool that was suppressed at a later stage. The presence, in a first phase, of a garden with a pool of unknown size is possible. At a certain time, the courtyard was modified, destroying the pool and putting a wall on the line of the stylobate of the northern portico, thus reducing the view and the lighting of the principal room.

Plans

Plan of Domus de La Marseillaise

Dates

A.D. 40-60 Built

Bibliography

  1. Archéologie À Nîmes: Bilan De 40 Années De Recherches Et Découvertes : 1950-1990 : Ville De Nîmes, Musée Archéologique, Juin 1990. Nîmes: Musée archéologique, 1990, P. 141-144. (worldcat)

    1. J.L. Fiches, A. Veyrac, Nîmes, CAG, 30/1, 1996, P. 127.

  3. P.Gros, J. Guyon, Ph. Leveau, dir.,La maison urbaine d'époque romaine, Atlas des maisons de la Gaule narbonnaise, t. II, Doc. d'Archéol. Vaucl, 6, 1996, Nîmes, fiche n°3 P. 194-195.(worldcat)

  4. M. Monteil, Nîmes antique et sa proche campagne, Monographie d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne, 3, 1999, P. 139-144.(worldcat)

  5. Garmy, Pierre, and Martial Monteil. Le Quartier Antique Des Bénédictins À Nîmes (gard): Découvertes Anciennes Et Fouilles, 1966-1992. Paris: Editions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2000, P. 64-73.(worldcat)

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