Littlecote Roman Villa

Littlecote Roman Villa is an extensive Roman villa complex at Littlecote Park near Hungerford, Berkshire, England, occupied from the 1st to 5th century AD. The villa featured around 60 rooms, two bath suites, and multiple mosaic floors. Its famous Orpheus mosaic, first discovered in 1727 and called 'the finest pavement that the sun ever shone upon in England,' was rediscovered in 1977. Around 360 AD, the site appears to have been converted into a religious centre dedicated to the cult of Orpheus and Bacchus, possibly linked to Emperor Julian the Apostate's pagan revival.