The thermal baths

High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium

The subjects that emerge in the first phase mosaics are more legible in the north-eastern apse.
A young man, seated on a chair on which a fringed pardalis rests, is wrapped in a soft towel, used after bathing in the pool. Behind him, a servant approaches while holding a cloth and another young man, placed opposite, holds a white robe with clavi , a green cloak and a pardalis, all folded in an orderly fashion.An opposite scene can be seen in the niche to the west, from whose mosaic fragments four figures can be made out, represented in the act of undressing. The central figure has just removed his green paenula , handed to the servant dressed in red, and dons the colobium, a robe covering the tunic, adorned with elegantly decorated clavi and orbiculi . At his feet, another servant is probably kneeling to unbuckle this character’s sandals.

The realistic depiction of a spa procession with a high-ranking female figure

Banquets and panegyrics enlivened the vast hall, against the background of a floor mosaic celebrating the feats of Hercules

The senses tell the monumental entrance

Solemn and majestic architecture to welcome a high-ranking commissioner

The main nuclei of the Domus

The protagonists of the mosaics

The Latifundium

The senses tell the private entrance to the spa

The senses tell the massage room

Auspicious symbols and perhaps the initials of the commissioner’s name decorate the mosaic of the apsidal room

The senses tell the room in the private apartment known as “small hunt”

The senses tell the frigidarium

The paths of virus, a reflection of the Dominus

A small room used as a privileged entrance to the baths

The protagonists of the mosaic and the military themed frescoes

The astral interpretation of the mosaic

The senses tell the Quadrangular Peristyle

The apotheosis of Hercules

Form of greeting or ritual?

The rural sacrifice

Is the profile of the dominus hidden among the scenes depicted in the mosaics?

The mosaics of the late antiquity residence

High-ranking characters depicted in the mosaics of the apsidal niches of the frigidarium

A small room represents one of the activities of the thermal bath route

The senses tell the Sacellum of the Lares

The senses tell the Tri-Apsed Triclinium

The senses tell the Basilica

A dialogue between mythological and realistic scenes

The capture of wild animals for the roman amphitheatre games

Outdoor breakfast

The golden age: hypotheses about the villa’s period of construction and clues

The senses tell the Vestibule

A large colonnaded portico, a place of connection between the rooms

A chariot race, set in the circus Maximus of Rome, connects the villa to the city and centre of power

A view of the race from the imperial gallery

The possible celebration of a solemn event

The catalogue of animals

A small room embellished with marble

The late antiquity residence: locus amoenus and centre of administrative activities in the heart of Sicily

An eloquent symbol: the signum

A hidden meaning

A day of hunting at the villa

The public and private rooms of the villa

The senses tell the bi-apsed ambulatory – Corridor of the “Great Hunt”

An organic microcosm: the structure of the villa

The marble from the regions of the empire to decorate the basilica

The prestige of the dominus is revealed through the wall frescoes

The mansio of Philosophiana. A stopping place

An official ceremony to welcome the Dominus

An individual who has attracted the attention of scholars

A royal room housed the Dominus during his audiences

Semi-public rooms

The senses tell the Bi-Apsed room

A line of armed men for an important Dominus

Worship of the Lares