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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF
Roman Domestic Religion
IB085
Casa de Hippolytus
Cult Space Type:
Cult Room
Building Name:
Casa de Hippolytus
Site Name:
Complutum
Date:
3rd c. A.D.
Country:
Spain
Associated
Cult Spaces:
Room Function:
-
Sacrarium/Cult Room
Features:
Mosaic
Description:
Located off between the garden and a corridor was a cult room. The room had a trapezoidal plan and concrete walls. The walls of the room were decorated with mosaics of varying colours but the pavement of the room does not survive. A statue of Diana (of which only the lower half survived) was found in the space during excavation which has led to the cultic nature of the room being deduced.
References:
Marqués 2007, pp. 138-139.
Image Reference:
Roamin' the Empire (n.d.)
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