Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview

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ID20496567
AuthorsSebastián Vargas Vázquez (0000-0002-6015-412X, Universidad de Sevilla), Manuel Romero Pérez (0000-0002-7923-2079, Antequera Municipality)
Year2021
Issue14
Pages319-340
Publication date2021-11-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Mosaic Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1309-047X • E-ISSN: 2619-9165
PublisherJournal of Mosaic Research (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26658/jmr.1014576
OpenAlexW3209308699
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

The present-day city of Antequera, in the province of Malaga, Spain, dominates an extensive territory encompassing numerous archaeological sites from different eras. The urban centres of Singilia Barba, Anticaria and Aratispi, belong to the Roman period, now only offering us two mosaics, and a good number of rural properties, from which most of the set of Antequera mosaics come. Within the Antequeran mosaic repertoire, the geometric mosaic occupies a special place, with specimens of great beauty and excellent design, for example those in the majestic Roman villa of La Estación. From a figurative point of view, Antequera has beautiful specimens, such as the Oceanus mosaic of the baths of Santa María and that of the Erotes and Priapus figures of the Roman villae of La Estación and Bobadilla, respectively. Particularly, the Roman villa of Caserío Silverio has a heritage consisting of a large number of figurative representations, highlighting the imposing, although poorly preserved, pavement of the triclinium. This mosaic must have contained a scene related to the mythology of water, of which singular fragments are preserved, such as the representation of the Tiber River and some epigraphic verses extracted from book IV of Vergil’s Georgics

Political science · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies

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