Rimini museums

The northern sector of the excavated area contains the remains of the
so-called "Surgeon's House", built during the second half of the 2nd century
A.D., incorporating the back peristyle of a previous building, as a two
storey residential building.
The small entrance hall, giving onto the nearby cardo, led into a service
area followed by an inner corridor, on one side of which there stood a garden,
and on the other several rooms with baked clay walls standing on stone bases.
The living quarters, decorated with polychrome frescoes and geometric
pattern and figure mosaic flooring included a dining room (triclinium), bedroom
(cubiculum) and two reception rooms, the first of which had a fine
mosaic with Orpheus surrounded by animals. There were also a number of
service rooms towards the back, a heated area (hypocaust), latrine, and a
kitchen and pantry on the upper floor.
The whole building was destroyed by fire shortly after the mid 3rd century,
probably at the time of raids by Germanic tribes during the reign of the
Emperor Gallienus. It was also at this time that the new town wall circuit was
built, a short stretch of which can be seen at the back of the house.
The sudden collapse of the walls preserved fittings and furnishings,
unearthed among the rubble on the floors of the house. These finds include
a remarkable collection of surgical and pharmacological items, evidence of
the medical profession of the last owner of the house.