This volume contains 14 contributions that were presented during a workshop in 2019 in Trier.
The aim of this international meeting was to create a platform for the exchange among
scientists with the research focus on the interior decorations (wall and floor incrustations
mosaics paintings stucco and sculpture) of late-antique Roman palaces and villas mainly
those in imperial possession but also of other contemporaneous palatial building complexes
luxurious villas and houses which are relevant for comparison due to their rich furnishings
and size. The articles in this book cover a number of sites in different regions of the Roman
Empire: imperial palaces in Trier Milano Thessaloniki Sirmium Felix Fomuliana Rome and
Ravenna luxurious villas and houses in Pfalzel Carranque Apollonia (Libya) and other places.
The authors illustrate the particularities of the interior décor influenced by both local
tastes and the fashion from Rome as well as by the availability and affordability of precious
materials. Special attention is paid to wall and floor incrustations since marmora like hardly
any other material stand for the luxury and splendor and can be found in all late-antique
buildings of importance and rank here predominantly in the representative apsidal halls.
