Sito archeologico della Domus Romana, Asti

Archaeological evidence mainly consists of the remains of a domus from the second half of the 1st century AD. The building stood about eighty meters north of the western city gate (Torre Rossa), which closed the decumanus maximus to the west (coinciding with today’s Corso Alfieri). Among the remains of the domus, of particular interest is the mosaic carpet (3 m x 1.70) that decorated the white cocciopesto floor of the dining room (triclinium). The mosaic, with a white background featuring round, rectangular, and rhomboid inserts in colored marble, is enriched with figures of fish and ivy twigs and is bordered by two frames of white and black tiles: one in a fishbone pattern and the outer one in a braid.