The opulence of the wealthy families of Assisi in the Roman era is reflected in the private homes
The upper part of the urban space seems to have been intended for public monuments, reserving the sector sloping down towards the plain for residential neighborhoods.
The domus del Larario was discovered thanks to an excavation in 2001, in the space between Palazzo Giampè and Palazzo del Cardinale following the works for the 1997 earthquake.
The excavations brought to light 13 rooms, an atrium and a peristyle, that is, a courtyard, with three brick columns, which overlooked the reception room and the living room also used for banquets; particularly important is the triclinium, that is, the dining room, a large room paved with mosaics with colored limestone tiles.
The state of conservation of the walls is exceptional: they are over 4 meters high and feature wonderful frescoes.
The domus, in which at least two construction phases can be distinguished, was built between the second half of the 1st century BC and the first decades of the following century and takes its name from the discovery of a terracotta statue of Silvanus, one of the protective deities of the house, usually housed in a domestic altar, called a lararium.
