SUAUX
Charente, France.
Gallo-Roman establishment at Chez Migeau, in the commune of Suaux,
on a hill overlooking the valley of the Bonnieure, not far
from the road from Saintes to Limoges. It is at the E
edge of the civitas of the Santones and near the
territory of the Lemovices.
A vast edifice discovered in 1961 is still only partially
excavated. A large gallery and three rooms attached to
it, with a concrete floor, have been uncovered. The
gallery, 3.3 m wide, has been uncovered for a length
of 35 m. The walls, of small blocks, have semicircular
projections which must have served as bases for half-columns, or for columns of which a few drums and Doric
capitals with flared echinus and square abacus have been
found. The surfaces were painted with fine frescoes with
a plant motif towards the end of the 1st c. A.D., and the
finds, gray rouletted ware, terra sigillata and flat tripods
also date construction to the middle of the 1st c. The
building was later remodeled, and was occupied until at
least the end of the 2d c. Its purpose is not yet determined.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gallia 21 (1963) 438-39; 23 (1965)
353-55; 25 (1967) 245; 27 (1969) 263-65; 29 (1971)
258.
G. NICOLINI
