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952 31. building and architecture<br />

Fig. 53 Salamis, two-storey porticoed house decorated with elaborate stucco work; built in the fifth<br />

century and subsequently remodelled. (From Argoud, Callot, Helly (1980) plates xxiii.8 and xlvi)<br />

have been recovered there archaeologically, but two complex blocks <strong>of</strong><br />

housing (insulae) have been excavated at Ephesus. Both were originally built<br />

in the first century a.d., but underwent numerous rebuildings into the<br />

seventh century. Terraced against the hillside, the five levels <strong>of</strong> housing<br />

extend between the diagonal Embolos and an upper straight street. A<br />

vaulted drainage tunnel, six feet high, serviced the buildings, and clay pipes<br />

conducted water into them at every level. An elaborate house was rebuilt<br />

in the centre <strong>of</strong> one insula and the remainder <strong>of</strong> the space was given over<br />

to smaller middle-class units. The other insula also contained two doublestorey<br />

luxurious peristyle units. Throughout the insulae, fountains were<br />

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