> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://theromanfiles.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fréjus excavation exposes a whole Roman house, and a monument that may be a temple - URL: https://theromanfiles.com/frejus-roman-house-possible-temple-rue-aubenas/ - Published: 2026-10-26T11:17:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-26T11:17:40.000Z - Description: Municipal archaeologists in Fréjus have uncovered a complete Roman domus with a marble basin, and the remains of a monumental complex that may be a temple or sanctuary. - Author: J E Cowie - Tags: News A dig in the middle of Fréjus has exposed a Roman house in full, and beside it the remains of a larger structure whose purpose is still undecided. The city of Fréjus announced the finds in a post on X on 22 October 2026, and the regional outlet Var Actu reported them on 25 October. ![Map showing where Fréjus is](https://theromanfiles.com/content/images/2026/10/map_fr-jus.jpg) Fréjus, Var, France ## What the city says was found The excavation is on Rue Aubenas, opposite the Aulézy nursery school. According to the city's post on X, the work is gradually revealing a district of Forum Julii, the Roman city beneath modern Fréjus. Var Actu says the work is being carried out by the city's own archaeologists. The post says Pierre Excoffon, director of the city's archaeological service, shared the latest discoveries during a visit to the site. Two finds stand out: - **A domus, uncovered in its entirety.** The city says the house opened onto the cardo maximus, the city's main north–south axis, and was organised around an atrium, an inner courtyard that gave access to the rooms. Its coloured concrete floor and marble basin, the city says, give a striking glimpse of daily life in Fréjus nearly 2,000 years ago. - **A monumental complex nearby.** The remains lie at the crossing of the cardo maximus and the decumanus maximus, the two great axes of the ancient city. The city says the complex could be a sanctuary or a temple. ## How firm is the temple? Not very, and the city says so: its wording is conditional. Var Actu is plainer still, calling the identification an archaeological hypothesis and saying that the complex's exact function remains to be determined. Var Actu adds that further research is expected to pin down what the building was and where it sat in the ancient district. That caution is sensible. The house, by contrast, is described as fully exposed, so its plan, floor and basin are things the team can describe now. ## A neighbourhood, perhaps The city's post adds that two or three houses may have made up this residential quarter, again in the conditional. Var Actu says the idea still has to be developed through further research, and that it could help archaeologists reconstruct how the dwellings were arranged around the city's main axes. The Rue Aubenas work is part of ongoing municipal research in Fréjus's centre. Var Actu recalls that in June an excavation site in Fréjus was opened to the public for the Journées européennes de l'archéologie. ## What the city has asked The city's post ends on a question: what will the next stages of the excavation teach? Var Actu writes that the Rue Aubenas dig is far from having yielded all its information. The temple remains a question for the next stage of the dig. ## Sources Mikailoff, L. (2026) 'À Fréjus, des fouilles archéologiques révèlent une maison romaine et les vestiges d'un possible temple', Var Actu, 25 October 2026, available at: [https://www.varactu.fr/a-frejus-des-fouilles-archeologiques-revelent-une-maison-romaine-et-les-vestiges-dun-possible-temple/](https://www.varactu.fr/a-frejus-des-fouilles-archeologiques-revelent-une-maison-romaine-et-les-vestiges-dun-possible-temple/?ref=theromanfiles.com) (Accessed: 26 October 2026). Ville de Fréjus (2026) 'Et si une simple porte ouvrait sur toute une ville romaine ?', post on X (@VilleDeFrejus), 22 October 2026, 13:53, available at: [https://x.com/VilleDeFrejus/status/2113267600054513861](https://x.com/VilleDeFrejus/status/2113267600054513861?ref=theromanfiles.com) (Accessed: 26 October 2026). ## Picture credits - Top picture: The Roman amphitheatre of Fréjus, not part of the Rue Aubenas dig. Image: Roman amphitheatre of Fréjus (Patricia.fidi, [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frejus-amphitheatre-05.jpg?ref=theromanfiles.com), public domain) - Map: drawn from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/?ref=theromanfiles.com) (public domain) and [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215155?ref=theromanfiles.com).