Domus dei Dioscuri
The house was built in the 4th century AD by altering an earlier insula (apartment building) belonging to the Case a Giardino.
Plan of the domus with the mosaics
(L. Giammiti)
The building is separated from the street by a long wall and subdivided into a residential sector (A-G) and a bath sector (H-L), connected by a passage, and had at least two storeys.
Reconstruction section of the domus
(E. Subias Pascual)
The vestibule (B) leads into an open courtyard (C) and then into a long L-shaped corridor (D), onto which opens a reception room (E) decorated with a polychrome mosaic depicting the Dioscuri (the divine twins who protected trade).
The corridor also gives access to a public room (F) embellished by a polychrome mosaic representing Venus, which in turn leads into the private rooms (G).
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![]() (L. Giammiti) |
It has been suggested that the owner of the house was Volusianus Lampadius, who was urban prefect in AD 365-366.
See also:
- The Residential Districts of the Upper-Middle Class
- Domus di Amore e Psiche
- Terme del Mitra
- Complesso dei Mensores
- Caseggiato di Bacco e Arianna
- Serapeo
- Terme della Trinacria
- Casette Tipo
- Caseggiato del Serapide
- Terme dei Sette Sapienti
- Caseggiato degli Aurighi
- Case a Giardino
- Insula delle Ierodule
- Insula delle Pareti Gialle
- Insula delle Volte Dipinte
- Insula delle Muse
- Domus dei Dioscuri
- Domus del Ninfeo
- Cd. Palazzo Imperiale