In Philippopolis, as in any Roman metropolis, there was a large mosaic studio. An interesting fact is that the inhabitants of the city, the only ones in the Roman Empire, had their own word to denote this specific activity - the rare form of the verb μουσόω - I make mosaics. The verb can be seen inscribed on several mosaic inscriptions - it is found in the inscriptions of Victor and Patrick in the Small Basilica, in the inscription with the name of the bishop of the Great Basilica and the inscription of Desiderius in the Eirene building .
*Peristyle building - a house with a courtyard.