Whether considered for its exceptional dimensions, or the distinguished nature of its layout and particularly for the unparalleled glamour of its rich ornamentation, the House of Africa is one of the most sumptuous aristocratic residences to be unearthed in the country. It is indeed, with its 3000 sq. M the largest, so far unearthed, throughout Roman Africa. It features a noble section where the master of the house lavishly receives his clients and guests. In so doing he had the choice between the coolness of the prestigious spaces formed by the four mosaics paved galleries and the lovely warmth of an immense “triclinium”

* The dining room :
A 200 sq.m. Living / dining room, with a floor adorned with a mosaic featuring an ornamentation, well adapted to the jovial function of the room: games, fish, seafood and sorts of fruits including an astonishing dish full of cherries, and as many delights, Guests were treated to, thanks to the generosity of the master of
the house

* The garden :
Several rooms devoted to service and various other types of purposes, opened up on vast galleries surrounding a large garden, which is located slightly below ground level. At the center of this garden lays a magnificent pool, featuring at one end, a pedestal which must have been used as a base for a statue or a support for a foundation, meant to dispense a very welcomed coolness, under a less than mild a climate. This type of amenity was extremely rare only another, less sophisticated example, is known - in Thysdrus, due to the dire scarceness of water.

* The quarters :
Next to this main and prestigious block of the residence, where the master of the house made it a point to show off and display his public image, private quarters, accessible through a gallery of the peristyle, formed a distinct block, where the family daily life went on, away from intrusive strangers eyes and street din.

* The bedrooms :
Charming bedrooms, offered a favorable setting for rest; whether simple or ceremonial, they were in most cases preceded by an antechamber designed for a better protection of the dwellers privacy. The location of the bed in such rooms was marked by a simple ornamentation generally a geometric pattern, whereas the visible section of the floor bore particularly elaborate figured patterns.
As to the ceremonial room, it was divided into two distinct sections : the first raised by approximately thirty centimeters, marked the location of the bed, the second, much larger in size, was ornamented with a luxurious pavement made out of marble slabs of different colors, cut and skillfully laid out, so as to form a geometric or representational pattern.

* Others pieces :
This pavement was mostly destroyed, but the door step kept its beautiful mosaic, featuring two peacocks confronting each other on both sides of a crater, with rose tree branches in blossom stemming out of it. Small private sitting rooms, some of which take the form of very elaborately ornamented exedras, were used as a refuge for conversation, reading or meditation.