Context - The Villa

The rooms of the Villa, a reflection of its owner

The rooms and scenes depicted in the mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale eloquently interpret the profile that would have distinguished the figure of the Dominus, so much so as to validate some of the theories suggested over the years by archaeologists.As a matter of fact, it is plausible to say that the late antiquity residence, for all its magnificence, reflects the complexity of life and the activities of someone of high social status, who commissioned within it a public route in addition to a second one intended for the more private circle.

A room dedicated to the sea

The public rooms of the Villa

The composition of the spaces

Date Clues

A large banquet hall

The Mansio of Sophiana

A decoration that marks time

The layout of the rooms

The myth of Orpheus

The Peristyle of the Villa

The Latifundium

The room of the seasons

The Mansio, a stopping place

Pars Fructuaria e Pars Rustica

A dignified setting dedicated to the myth of Arion