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The Archaeological Park of Terme di Baia preserves an important nucleus of opus sectile floors, concentrated in the upper sector of the Villa della Sosandra. They remain mostly in the form of footprints, often lacking the original coating. In the course of some recent work carried out by the Parco archeologico dei Campi Flegrei, some new, unpublished examples ones have emerged, in particular at the so-called Terme Ipogee, dug entirely in the natural bank to take advantage of the thermal vapors that once emerged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper focuses on the late antique phase of a small group of buildings in the archaeological area of the Roman baths of Baiae: a xystus and a luxurious richly decorated residential pavilion located right above the highest level of the so-called Villa of Sosandra. This sector does not appear in the graphic documentation of the site and a large part remains still unknown. However, these buildings are of great interest to better understand one of the most important areas of the Sella di Baia Hill, still little known and difficult to describe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]