Research Article

Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview

Number: 14 November 30, 2021
  • Sebastián Vargas-vázquez
  • Manuel Romero Pérez
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Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview

Abstract

The present-day city of Antequera, in the province of Malaga, Spain, dominates an extensive territory encompassing numerous archaeological sites from different eras. The urban centres of Singilia Barba, Anticaria and Aratispi, belong to the Roman period, now only offering us two mosaics, and a good number of rural properties, from which most of the set of Antequera mosaics come. Within the Antequeran mosaic repertoire, the geometric mosaic occupies a special place, with specimens of great beauty and excellent design, for example those in the majestic Roman villa of La Estación. From a figurative point of view, Antequera has beautiful specimens, such as the Oceanus mosaic of the baths of Santa María and that of the Erotes and Priapus figures of the Roman villae of La Estación and Bobadilla, respectively. Particularly, the Roman villa of Caserío Silverio has a heritage consisting of a large number of figurative representations, highlighting the imposing, although poorly preserved, pavement of the triclinium. This mosaic must have contained a scene related to the mythology of water, of which singular fragments are preserved, such as the representation of the Tiber River and some epigraphic verses extracted from book IV of Vergil’s Georgics.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Archaeology

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sebastián Vargas-vázquez This is me
0000-0002-6015-412X
Spain

Manuel Romero Pérez This is me
0000-0002-7923-2079
Spain

Publication Date

November 30, 2021

Submission Date

March 2, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 26, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 14

APA
Vargas-vázquez, S., & Romero Pérez, M. (2021). Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview. Journal of Mosaic Research, 14, 319-340. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1014576
AMA
1.Vargas-vázquez S, Romero Pérez M. Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview. JMR. 2021;(14):319-340. doi:10.26658/jmr.1014576
Chicago
Vargas-vázquez, Sebastián, and Manuel Romero Pérez. 2021. “Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview”. Journal of Mosaic Research, nos. 14: 319-40. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1014576.
EndNote
Vargas-vázquez S, Romero Pérez M (November 1, 2021) Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview. Journal of Mosaic Research 14 319–340.
IEEE
[1]S. Vargas-vázquez and M. Romero Pérez, “Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview”, JMR, no. 14, pp. 319–340, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.26658/jmr.1014576.
ISNAD
Vargas-vázquez, Sebastián - Romero Pérez, Manuel. “Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview”. Journal of Mosaic Research. 14 (November 1, 2021): 319-340. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.1014576.
JAMA
1.Vargas-vázquez S, Romero Pérez M. Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview. JMR. 2021;:319–340.
MLA
Vargas-vázquez, Sebastián, and Manuel Romero Pérez. “Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 14, Nov. 2021, pp. 319-40, doi:10.26658/jmr.1014576.
Vancouver
1.Sebastián Vargas-vázquez, Manuel Romero Pérez. Roman Mosaics of Antequera. An Overview. JMR. 2021 Nov. 1;(14):319-40. doi:10.26658/jmr.1014576

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