Casino of the Semicircular Arcades

Name of structure: Casino of the Semicircular Arcades
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Casino
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
Date of structure: First half second century AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Niches and possibly walls and vault
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Traces in niches, numerous glass tesserae in red, blue, yellow and orange on ground. Chillman says glass tesserae found in building imply decoration on walls and/or vault
Date of mosaic: First half second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 110
See also:
Chillman, ‘The Casino of the Semicircular Arcades at the Tiburine Villa of the Emperor Hadrian’, in MemAmAc/Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 4 (1924), 103-20, pls 50-56

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