Note sul rivestimento parietale di due nicchie poste lungo il muro perimetrale della strada basolata alle spalle della Basilica di Massenzio

On the wall with niches that characterizes the paved road behind the Basilica of Maxentius (so-called intercapedine) there is a wall covering made with painted plaster and concretions. The limited remains, concentrated in the sector in which the road bends at right angles, allow you to reconstruct a geometric decorative pattern with colored bands inside two niches with a tympanum pattern. Unusual and particularly interesting is the technique adopted for the realization that sees the insertion of pumice stones soaked in the same color used for the laying of the bottom, a solution that currently finds sporadic examples mostly attributable to environments that simulate caves (well known as “finta grotta”).