Figure 1. Map of Sicily indicating the main Roman cities and roads and the villas mentioned in the text: (1) Genna (prov. Trapani); (2) Contrada Mirabile (prov. Trapani); (3) Casale Nuovo (prov. Trapani); (4) Casale Caliata (prov. Agrigento); (5) Case Vaccara (prov. Palermo); (6) Zuccarone (prov. ... More about this image found in Map of Sicily indicating the main Roman cities and roads and the villas men...

Figure 2. Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, reconstructed general plan with indication of the second-phase structures according to Patrizio Pensabene. The structures built in this phase are in light blue; the remakes of mosaics and wall decorations are in blue. G. Restaino reworked from Pensabene... More about this image found in Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, reconstructed general plan with indicati...

Figure 3. Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, building phases of the structures of the southern baths: first phase, ca. 320–40 (top left); second phase, ca. 360–90 (top right); third phase, ca. 430–460 (bottom left); fourth phase, twelfth century (bottom right). From Pensabene, “Nuove scoperte,” 17... More about this image found in Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, building phases of the structures of the...

Figure 4. Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, southern baths, collapsed column in the eastern area with base in situ. From Pensabene, “Nuove scoperte,” 11 fig. 3). More about this image found in Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, southern baths, collapsed column in the ...

Figure 5. Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, the columns of the corridor of the Great Hunt collapsed in the main peristyle. From Gentili, La villa romana , vol. 1, 74 fig. 7. More about this image found in Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale, the columns of the corridor of the Great...

Figure 6. Patti Marina, reworking of the plan of the villa published by the excavators with the positioning of the new plan of the baths. From La Torre and Toscano Raffa, “La cuspide nord-orientale della Sicilia,” 383 fig.1. More about this image found in Patti Marina, reworking of the plan of the villa published by the excavator...

Figure 7. Patti Marina, the late wall that closes the southern apse of the room with three apses, built on the mosaic floor. Photo by Carla Sfameni. More about this image found in Patti Marina, the late wall that closes the southern apse of the room with ...

Figure 8. Caddeddi on the Tellaro: general plan of the villa. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wilson. More about this image found in Caddeddi on the Tellaro: general plan of the villa. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wi...

Figure 9. Gerace (Enna): topographical plan with the areas investigated in 2013–19 by the University of British Columbia. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wilson. More about this image found in Gerace (Enna): topographical plan with the areas investigated in 2013–19 by...

Figure 10. Gerace (EN): the mosaic of the frigidarium. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wilson. More about this image found in Gerace (EN): the mosaic of the frigidarium. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wilson.

Figure 11. Gerace: traces of earthquake damage in the baths of the villa. Courtesy of R. J. A. Wilson. More about this image found in Gerace: traces of earthquake damage in the baths of the villa. Courtesy of ...

Figure 12. Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale: Christian lamp from Gentili excavations in the frigidarium. Photo by Carla Sfameni. More about this image found in Piazza Armerina, Villa del Casale: Christian lamp from Gentili excavations ...