English: "The Late Roman "House of Proclus", dated to the 5th century A.D. was excavated in 1955 during road-works at Dionysiou Areopagitou street. A large part of it remains unexplored under modern buildings. The north part of the house consisted of an oblong hall, framed by smaller rooms. The hall ended in an apse with seven niches in the wall, intended for decorative sculpture, and was decorated with an elaborate mosaic floor with colorful geometric decoration. In one of the smaller rooms, a domestic shrine was found, encompassing two votive reliefs built in the walls and a marble pedestal with relief decoration, which probably served as an offering table or altar. Remains of a young pig sacrificed to the gods of the underworld were found under the floor of the west room of the house.

Proclus was the forehead of the Neoplatonic School in the period 437-485 A.D. and a prominent personality in Athens. A description of his house is given in the "Life of Proclus", written by the philosopher Marinus, who succeeded him in the seat of the school. During the Late Roman period, young people from around the Mediterranean studied philosophy, rhetoric, grammar, mathematics, and astronomy in the famous philosophical schools that flourished in Athens at that time.

The house was abandoned in the 6th century A.D. when an edict of the Emperor Justinian in 529 A.D. banned the teaching of philosophy and law in Athens, and the schools were closed and philosophers were expelled from the city.

During the construction of the pedestrian zone as part of the Program for the Unification of the Archaeological Sites of Athens, the remains of the house were reburied and its plan was indicated on the pavement with modern materials." Textː Information label on the pedestrian street.