SKAFIDIA - 2007

Skafidia. A large Roman bath, part of a large public or private complex, is situated east of the river Yardanos. Sixteen rooms around a peristyle court were richly appointed with a variety of marble wall cladding, arched ceilings with relief decoration, mosaic pavements and wall heating. The large rectangular frigidarium had niches around for statuary, and mosaic pavements with geometric patterns and depictions of dolphins. The bath remained in use from the first to the fourth century AD. The remains of Roman buildings were also found in its immediate surrounds. Excavation was carried out by O. Vikatou.