The senses tell the Sacellum of the Lares

Leggi di più

Worship of the Lares

The particular location of the sacellum located in the peristyle of the Villa Romana del Casale underlines a precise choice that, compared to other destinations, aims to exalt the value of its gens through an architecturally elaborate and solemn structure. . The worship of the Lares, deities worship...
Leggi di più

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

The mosaic decoration of the sacellum larum has a broken meander cornice, which encloses a well-preserved polychrome geometric design, distinguished by an eight-pointed star.In the centre, a laurel wreath frames an ivy leaf, which in the past was considered to be a symbol of good luck. It is reminis...
Leggi di più

A small room embellished with marble

In the western portico of the quadrangular peristyle that surrounds the spaces of the inner nucleus of the late antiquity domus, there is a snug and square-shaped apsidal room used as a sacellum, attributed to the worship of the Lares, i.e. a place generally small in size marked by the presence of a...
Leggi di più