ROQUELAURE
Gers, France.
A Gallo-Roman
villa has been excavated on the plateau of La Sioutat.
It goes back at least to the time of Augustus and has
produced polychrome frescos in a Pompeian manner.
These have been restored and are now exhibited at the
Auch museum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
M. Cantet & A. Péré, “Les fouilles du
plateau de la Sioutat, à Roquelaure (Gers),”
Bull. de la
Soc. arch. du Gers 64 (1963) 171-203; id., “Les fresques
gallo-romaines de La Sioutat, à Roquelaure (Gers),”
ibid. 349-58; cf. M. Labrousse in
Gallia 22 (1964) 454-56 & figs. 32-35; 24 (1966) 438; 28 (1970) 422.
M. LABROUSSE