https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/Recent content on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-ushttps://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/large_house_with_peristyle_and_basins/Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/large_house_with_peristyle_and_basins/<h2 id="province">Province</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/">Mauretania</a></li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Mauretania%20Caesariensis%20%28province%29">Mauretania Caesariensis (province)</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981532" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 981532</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="province-description">Province Description</h2> <p>An ancient district of Africa in Roman times, Mauretania lay west of Numidia and covered most of present-day Morocco and western Algeria. By the second century BCE, when Jugurtha of Numidia was rebelling against Rome, Jugurtha's father-in-law Bocchus had most of Mauretania under his control. In 25 BCE Augustus appointed Juba II as ruler of Mauretania. Claudius divided it into two provinces: Mauretania Caesariensis, with Caesarea (modern Cherchel) as capital, and Mauretania Tingitana, with Tingis (modern Tangier) as capital. By the end of the 5th century CE, the province had disappeared.</p> <h2 id="location">Location</h2> <p><a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/">Portus Magnus</a> \</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Portus%20Magnus">Portus Magnus</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/285503" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 285503</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="location-description">Location Description</h2> <p>The ancient city is located about 5 km from the modern city of Arzew and 35 km northeast of Oran. An important settlement on the west coast of Algeria, it served as a Roman trading post and naval base during the early Roman Empire period.</p> <h2 id="garden">Garden</h2> <p>Large House with peristyle and basins</p> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=basins">basins (vessels)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300045614" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300045614</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=columns">columns (architectural elements)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300001571" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300001571</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=corridors">corridors</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004294" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004294</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=courtyards">courtyards (uncovered spaces)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004095" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004095</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=peristyles">peristyles (Roman courtyards)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300080971" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300080971</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=peristyle houses">peristyle houses</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005452" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300005452</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>The house with a symmetrical floor plan and an axial entry was laid out around a peristyle made up of 20 columns. Many rooms opened onto this space, which have contained a garden. Three semicircular basins extended into the courtyard of the peristyle. A circular pool was centered in the courtyard.</p> <p>A corridor (see Fig. 1, label M) was bordered by two small gardens (labels N and O) enclosed on two sides by a portico. A semi circular basin extend into each garden. A large reception room had a view of the garden and basins.</p> <h2 id="plans">Plans</h2> <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/large_house_with_peristyle_and_basins_fig_1.png" alt="Plan of Large House with peristyle and basins in Portus Magnus. The principle entry to the house is along the north wall, centered on the symmetrical floor plan. A rectangular entry room (longer than wide) gives a view of small gardens to each side, framing the primary hallway linking the northern half of the house to the large, central peristyle garden. Groups of rooms frame the east and west sides of this garden, with a long hallway extending along the southern edge of the house, linking additional rooms to the east and west not shown in the plan. A small room extends from this southern wall, directly opposite the northern entrance." onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> Fig. 1: Plan of Large House with peristyle and basins in Portus Magnus</figcaption> </figure> <!-- ## Images --> <h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>S. Gsell, Monuments Antiques de l'Algérie, Paris, 1901, p. 19-21, fig. 87. <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/491461100">worldcat</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <!-- <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=553386076">553386076</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/553386076" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 553386076</a> is invalid -->https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/small_house_with_peristyle_and_basins/Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/small_house_with_peristyle_and_basins/<h2 id="province">Province</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/">Mauretania</a></li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Mauretania%20Caesariensis%20%28province%29">Mauretania Caesariensis (province)</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981532" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 981532</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="province-description">Province Description</h2> <p>An ancient district of Africa in Roman times, Mauretania lay west of Numidia and covered most of present-day Morocco and western Algeria. By the second century BCE, when Jugurtha of Numidia was rebelling against Rome, Jugurtha's father-in-law Bocchus had most of Mauretania under his control. In 25 BCE Augustus appointed Juba II as ruler of Mauretania. Claudius divided it into two provinces: Mauretania Caesariensis, with Caesarea (modern Cherchel) as capital, and Mauretania Tingitana, with Tingis (modern Tangier) as capital. By the end of the 5th century CE, the province had disappeared.</p> <h2 id="location">Location</h2> <p><a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/">Portus Magnus</a> \</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Portus%20Magnus">Portus Magnus</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/285503" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 285503</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="location-description">Location Description</h2> <p>The ancient city is located about 5 km from the modern city of Arzew and 35 km northeast of Oran. An important settlement on the west coast of Algeria, it served as a Roman trading post and naval base during the early Roman Empire period.</p> <h2 id="garden">Garden</h2> <p>Small House with peristyle and basins</p> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=basins">basins (vessels)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300045614" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300045614</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=columns">columns (architectural elements)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300001571" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300001571</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=courtyards">courtyards (uncovered spaces)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300004095" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300004095</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=peristyles">peristyles (Roman courtyards)</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300080971" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300080971</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=peristyle houses">peristyle houses</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005452" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300005452</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>The house was laid out around a peristyle that may have had a garden. 12 columns surrounded the courtyard, with three semicircular pools extending into it.</p> <h2 id="plans">Plans</h2> <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/mauretania/portus_magnus/small_house_with_peristyle_and_basins_fig_1.png" alt="Plan of Small House with peristyle and basins in Portus Magnus. Square in overall aspect, front side of the house faced almost due east. A small entrance was at the southern end of this wall, with the square-sided atrium occupying a corner of the house and opening into the large central peristyle. Other rooms surrounded this rectangular peristyle on all sides, forming the square shape of the building. Only two of these rooms (those in the southwest corner of the house) are linked by an interior hallway, with the other ten opening only into the peristyle." onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> Fig. 1: Plan of Small House with peristyle and basins in Portus Magnus</figcaption> </figure> <!-- ## Images --> <h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>S. Gsell, Monuments Antiques de l'Algérie, Paris, 1901, p. 19-21, fig. 87. <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/491461100">worldcat</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2>