Overview

• The complex preserves an intact mosaic floor supported by small brick pillars that formed part of a suspensura heating system for a laconicum.
• Traces of wall paintings remain in place, pointing to an elaborately decorated suite consistent with elite Roman bathing culture.
• Archaeologists documented the site about 10 feet below the surface near Baiae’s ancient harbor area known from classical sources.
• The Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Park said the Cicero attribution is a working hypothesis pending analysis of ceramics and context.
• Restoration is planned for the autumn, including cleaning the mosaic floor and conserving surviving painted fragments.