We only know the last state of this house, that of the second century our time. However, in the space D, under the pavement, a pond was found that was paved with large tiles with walls in small sections. It was accessed by a staircase. It was connected to a water supply network and a sewage evacuation system. Some amphora bodies served as form work for small vaults. Everything suggests that it was a fish pond being part of one of the previous states of the house and abandoned during its last major repairs. In its last state, the House of the Large Triclinium occupied an area of about 700 m² (7,500 sqft). Built in a U-shape, its different rooms were organized around a peristyle garden. A basin of white marble and a well feeding the house occupied this garden. On the south-north axis of this garden, a vast triclinium (dining room) of a surface of 87 m² (950 sqft) opened. Its rich pavement, which has largely survived, suggests that it was a sumptuous ceremonial piece whose wall decoration is unknown to us. Another ceremonial piece (room A) located in the west wing yielded beautiful paintings adorning the walls and the vaulted ceiling. Two other rooms (B and C), smaller, also located in the west wing, were richly decorated. The plan of the southeast wing, which is more spacious, is more complex. Excavations have found pavements, stucco decorations and wall paintings decorating corridors and rooms. Finally, an altar, discovered in the trench the wall o f the facade allows us to know the name of one of t h e owners of the domus: Marcus Claudius Aestivus. W e do not know anything about this character, but t h e sumptuousness of the house suggests that he belonged to a well-to-do social class.

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