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The present article deals with the mosaic pavements of one of most significant residential complexes in Late Antique Philippopolis – the Domus Eirene. The name of the complex refers to the personification that is the main element in the decoration not only of the reception hall, but the entire building. An analysis of two main aspects is made: one concerning the transformation of the image of the personification into a Christian saint, and another which concerns the transformation of the complex itself into a domus episcopalis and how that is reflected in the mosaic pavements. In the case of Eirene the image may have well been connected with historical events, contemporary or nearly contemporary with the time when the mosaic was produced, and also with political and religious propaganda.

Four inscribed votives, introduced in this contribution were found in the Lycaonian city of Savatra and are dated to the Roman Imperial Period. Two of them (No. 1 and 2) were dedicated to Zeus Dalbenos, which is only known from an inscription on the base of the Silvanus statuette preserved in a private collection at Barcelona. The first, which has a bull relief, was the votive of Kadmos, son of C(alpurnius?) Germanicianus. The second was erected by a citizen by the name of Zethos for all of his family. It is concluded here that Zeus Dalbenos was a cult which originated from Phrygia or it was a local cult of Savatra, which seems more preferable. The inscription on the third votive, which was offered to Zeus and the goddess of peace Eirene by a priest by the name of Mareis, records the epithets of Zeus as Keraunios, Astrapton, Syrtios and Bronton. The epithet Syrtios has not been documented to date. The last inscribed altar is a votive of all demos for Ares and the listening deities Areiai. Two epigraphic documents from Savatra attest the local cult of Ares worshipped together with the Areiai. At the end of the article also discussed is the presence of the epigraphic documents relating to the soldiers from Savatra, which provides an indication of the importance of the city's geopolitical position during the Roman Imperial Period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]