DOMUS 5 - Το εργοτάξιο μιας πρωτοβυζαντινής έπαυλης στη Θάσο: η αρχαιολογική μαρτυρία

Abstract

In the early 570s, the Protobyzantine mansion DOM5 in Thasos underwent various beautification works. The enlargement of its rectangular triklinos, to which is added a vast apse of almost 5.5 m in diameter, covered with a semidome vault, left many traces: various fills and working floors, more than a hundred post holes for scaffoldings, pits and various facilities such as a complete equipment for the preparation of mortar and even a forge for the maintenance of tools and the production of nails. For the first time in Greek archaeology, they allowed to document the operation of a private construction site and reconstruct its phasing in detail. These brutally interrupted works remain unfinished and the construction site is precariously occupied until the complete destruction of DOM5 by an earthquake in 619/20.