Roman Villa of Chiragan

The Roman villa of Chiragan is a Roman villa located in Martres-Tolosane [1]. The villa was located on the banks of the river Garonne, on the road to Toulouse and was occupied between the 1st and 4th centuries [1]. The villa, inhabited between the 1st and 4th centuries, was built in three distinct phases [1]. The first villa, of modest dimensions, dates back to the time of Augustus [1]. Even so, it nevertheless included thermal baths and a peristyle [1]. At the beginning of the 2nd century, the villa was expanded [1]. The maximum expansion of the villa dates from the Antonine dynasty, covering an area equal to one third of the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli [1].