Sito archeologico della Domus Romana, Asti

The 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 with inserts of round, rectangular, and rhomboid colored marble tiles, is enriched with figures of fish and ivy sprigs and is bordered by two frames of white and black tiles: a herringbone one and, the outer one, a braid.