MOSAICS AS A DOCUMENTARY SOURCE: NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF LATE MOSAICS FROM ÉCIJA (3RD-5TH CENTURIES)

Abstract

In this paper we carry out a socio-economic and ideological study of the Roman elite from the third century A.D. onwards, firstly providing a general contextualisation of them, and then analysing their main residential spaces in the city of Écija. The architectural vestiges of these houses, specifically the mosaics, will be used later to make an analytical and comparative study with which to interpret the aesthetic mindset, the ideology and the message that this revitalized group wanted to convey at the time.