House in Insula 16 in Aventicum
Location
Location Description
The town was established in the Augustan period as the civitas capital of the Helvetii. At this time the orthogonal street grid was laid out. Most probably in AD 71, it became Colonia Pia Flavia Constans Emerita Helvetiorum Foederata. The town was destroyed or badly damaged around AD 260, and it was progressively abandoned thereafter.
Garden
House in Insula 16 in Aventicum
Keywords
Garden Description
In Insula 16 East, northeast of the forum, were small shops and houses belonging to three different owners. These were demolished when the town was promoted to the status of colonia by Vespasian. The new house occupied the whole insula and was entered on the northeast.
In the middle of the insula was a large peristyle courtyard which may have been planted (G in Fig. 1). In the southwestern part of the building complex taverns and shops opened onto the colonnaded street.
Plans
Dates
AD 71
Bibliography
- H. Bögli and D. Weidmann, "Nouvelles recherches à Aventicum," Archäologie der Schweiz 2, 1978:71-72, fig. 2.(worldcat)
- A. G. McKay, Houses, Villas and Palaces in the Roman World, London, 1975, pp. 202-203, fig. 186. (worldcat)