Urvinum Hortense was an ancient Roman town near modern Collemancio,

Cannara Cannara is a town and comune on the Topino River in the floodplain of central Umbria, in the province of Perugia. It is located about 7 km west of Spello and 9 km north of Bevagna. It is a low-key agricultural village: its main busines ...

, Italy. It was mentioned by

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...

in a roughly alphabetical and contextless list. In the early 1930s an amateur archaeologist found ancient remains on a hilltop not far from his hometown and declared them to be the ruins of Urvinum Hortense. Excavations since 2005 have revealed some monumental buildings of the city. The spectacular polychrome mosaic from the thermal baths is now displayed in the Cannara museum. It dates to the 1st-2nd century AD. In a "Nilotic" scene, six pygmies with highly caricatured features are depicted along the four sides hunting exotic animals surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. The baths are associated with an important and long-standing family of the town, the gens Fiscilia and date from the late Republican era. The baths were situated on the western edge of the plateau with shelter from northern winds and exposure to the sun. The room of the mosaic was the functional hub of the baths.

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Official website Urvinum Hortense
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