Roman mosaic found in Spain

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 Renovation work at Écija’s city hall in Spain unexpectedly revealed a well‑preserved strip of Roman mosaic and part of a hypocaust heating system. The finding gives new evidence of a high‑status Roman house once occupying the site. 

In the Roman period, Écija was originally known as Astigi. During the civil war it supported Julius Caesar at the Battle of Munda, and in return he ordered its fortification and refounded it as a Julian colony—likely Colonia Iulia Firma Astigitana. Under Octavian, the future emperor Augustus, the colony was further developed according to Caesar’s plans, and its official name became Colonia Iulia Augusta Firma Astigitana. According to Pliny the Elder and Pomponius Mela, writing in the first century AD, the city rivaled both Corduba (Córdoba) and Hispalis (Seville) in importance.

 

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/05/excavations-uncover-roman-remains-in-ecija/157960

 

 

Edited May 5 by guy

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Here’s a short video on a Roman hypocaust heating system, similar to the one mentioned in the video:

 

 

Edited May 6 by guy