Roman Villas II
Two major building phases
- 1st wave of building villas late 1st century to 200
- Villas thrived during this period
- Partly due to creation of new towns
- Provided markets
- New demands for agricultural products
- Their creation part of Romanization process
- Many imitate styles in Italy
- Often have features of Italian villas
- See close connection of villa and town at Stanwick
- Located in Northamptonshire
- North of York
- Villa constructed in 2nd century CE
- Still in use in the 4th century
- Several small huts associated with it
- Rectangular
- Circular
- Cottages and farm buildings
- Village develops
- Examples
- Lockleys
- Built ca. 65 CE
- Originally a corridor style villa
- Modified over time
- Wings added
- Rooms at each end
- Corridor or veranda in front
- Ditchley, Oxon
- 2nd century
- Wing-house
- Veranda around the front
- Fishbourne
- Located in Sussex (#83)
- History of the Villa
- First occupation was military
- Two timber buildings
- Store rooms
- Under the east wing
- Area served as a supply depot for fort lying under Chichester nearby
- Depot soon cleared away
- Timber house constructed
- Clay or mortar floors
- Traces of painted plaster
- Separate building, perhaps for servants
- Was residence of a gentleman of some wealth
- First masonry building
- Built in the 60s
- Large colonnaded garden
- Bath-suite
- Set of living-rooms
- Servants’ quarters
- Elaborately decorated
- Stucco and painted plaster
- Floors paved with mosaics and marble
- Construction of the Palace-villa
- ca. 75 CE work started on the villa
- When finished covered about 10 acres
- Largest villa outside of Italy
- Brought a little of Roman Italy to the newly conquered province
- Possible owner may have been Cogidubnus
- Local ruler in Chichester area
- Major promoter of Roman culture
- Romans kept his territory independent
- Only after his death was it included into the province of Britain
- Changes occurred in ca. 90/100
- Two bath-suites constructed
- In the northern wing
- In the east wing
- New mosaics in the north wing
- Fire destroyed the villa
- At the end of the 3rd century
- Area abandoned
- Plan
- Main entrance in the east wing
- Temple-like façade
- Colonnaded façade
- Rooms on either side
- Interior façade
- Similar to exterior
- Colonnaded porticoes
- Interior garden
- Formal garden
- Divided into two sections
- Pathway around each side
- Replanted following ancient beds
- Peristyle
- North wing
- Best excavated area
- 2 interior courtyards
- Rooms decorated
- Hypocaust room
- South wing
- West wing
- Partly excavated
- Temple-like facade
- Rooms on either side
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