In 1957, the Roman villa in Miambeli (Saint Athanasios) area of Skala, Kefalonia, came to light, after an excavation by V. Kallipolitis. According to archeological research, the Roman rural villa dates back to the 2nd century AD and must have been destroyed by fire in the 4th century AD.The early Christian church that was built on the ruins of one part of the villa was preserved until the 9th or 10th century when it was also destroyed by fire. In the late Byzantine years, the chapel of Saint Athanasios was built on the ruins of the older church. Six spaces have been preserved, namely the anteroom, three chambers, one room and the courtyard. According to the excavators, the position of the main entrance of the building on the south side, parallel to the flow of a stream, which is really remarkable means that the church –perhaps for security reasons– was probably accessible by a wooden bridge.The mosaics on the floor of the villa are especially important.The anteroom has a mosaic floor that depicts god Envy in the form of a young man attacked by four animals in pairs (tiger and lion down, panther and leopard up). On the mosaic, Crater is mentioned as the artist, and the depiction is surrounded by geometric shapes.In one of the three chambers, a significant part of the mosaic floor is preserved despite the damages caused by looters before excavations started.The mosaic depicts an altar with fruits and on both sides of it, there is the representation of two "children serving", while on the lower part sacrificial animals are depicted: a boar, a bull and a ram.Finally, the mosaic is surrounded by geometric decorative shapeswhile there is an inscription in two columns referring to the ritual of sacrifice for the honored gods. The mosaic of the second chamber is, unfortunately, completely damaged, except for a few geometric shapes surrounding the main representation.The floor of the third chamber is also decorated with geometric themes.