Small House with peristyle and basins
Province
Province Description
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.
Location
Location Description
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.
Garden
Small House with peristyle and basins
Keywords
- basins (vessels)AAT:300045614
- columns (architectural elements)AAT:300001571
- courtyards (uncovered spaces)AAT:300004095
- peristyles (Roman courtyards)AAT:300080971
- peristyle housesAAT:300005452
Garden Description
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.
Plans
Dates
Excavation Dates
Bibliography
- S. Gsell, Monuments Antiques de l'Algérie, Paris, 1901, p. 19-21, fig. 87. worldcat