Plan of "Casa de los Marmoles" Domus, Emerita, Hispania (4th; 5th-6th centuries CE)

Plan of "Casa de los Marmoles" Domus, Emerita, Hispania (4th; 5th-6th centuries CE)

These are plans of the so-called "Casa de los Marmoles" domus in Emerita, Hispania. The trapezoidal design had to accommodate available space, although the domus was still organized around the central peristyle, or courtyard, and opened up into a dining room called a triclinium and two bath complexes. While the floor apparently was plain marble, the walls were covered with mosaics, some of which are currently lost. Built in the fourth century (top), the domus was modified in the fifth and sixth centuries (below) so as to contain multiple apartments for different families and allow the courtyard to serve as common pasture.

Alba Calzado, 1997

Arce, Javier et al. "The Urban Domus in Late Antique Hispania: Examples from Emerita, Barcino and Complutum." Housing in Late Antiquity: From Palaces to Shops. Boston: Brill, 2007.

1997

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