Roquelaure

ROQUELAURE Gers, France.

A Gallo-Roman villa has been excavated on the plateau of La Sioutat. It goes back at least to the time of Augustus and has produced polychrome frescos in a Pompeian manner. These have been restored and are now exhibited at the Auch museum.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

M. Cantet & A. Péré, “Les fouilles du plateau de la Sioutat, à Roquelaure (Gers),” Bull. de la Soc. arch. du Gers 64 (1963) 171-203; id., “Les fresques gallo-romaines de La Sioutat, à Roquelaure (Gers),” ibid. 349-58; cf. M. Labrousse in Gallia 22 (1964) 454-56 & figs. 32-35; 24 (1966) 438; 28 (1970) 422.

M. LABROUSSE