The mansio had an articulated structure, similar to that of a small village, the vicus, which was often used to house imperial or military officials in transit who found taverns and workshops, bedrooms, and spacious stables for their steeds. Often the mansio was also equipped with a thermal bath co...

Since the time of Emperor Augustus, who established the cursus publicus, the postal system designed to control and manage the vast territory of the Empire, to allow mail to move profitably within the Roman road network, it had been necessary to find somewhere to stay overnight, find refreshment and ...

Located in a lush hilly area thanks to the presence of the Gela river, the Villa Romana del Casale forms the residential part of a large latifundium, a group of land estates, the massae, which were not necessarily neighbouring, that the late antiquity aristocrats owned in different regions of the Em...

Archaeological investigations identified the [approfondimenti id="33274" testo_link="pars fructuaria"], or [approfondimenti id="33274" testo_link="pars rustica"] according to some scholars, south of the late antiquity residence, recognisable by remaining structures of warehouses used to store farmin...

The Villa Romana del [approfondimenti id="33262" testo_link="Casale"] in Piazza Armerina, by the unique nature of its architecture, is considered one of the most eloquent examples of state [approfondimenti id="33265" testo_link="homes"] from the late antiquity.Situated on the slopes of Monte Mangone...