TORRES NOVAS
Ribatejo, Portugal.
One
of the most important villas in Portugal is ca. 2 km
from this village. Partial excavations have uncovered ca.
350 sq. m of mosaics, for the most part with polychrome
geometric designs. One of them, from the 4th c. A.D.,
has an inscription, VIVENTES CARDILIUM ET AVITAM FELIX
TURRE, in a panel with two portraits which perhaps represent the owners.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. do Paço, “Mosaicos romanos de la
‘villa de Cardilius’ en Torres Novas (Portugal),”
Archivo
Español de Arqueologia 37 (1964) 81-87
PI.
J. ALARCÃO