In the 2003 excavations both the extension of the large room with arches and pilasters and the plan of the spaces around it were defined. The construction, circa 18m long in all, originally comprised a total of 4 arches resting on three square pilasters in opus quadratum surmounted by Tuscan capitals, an architrave and projecting half-pilasters at the ends. The structure was delimited to the west by a wall in opus vittatun mixtum with alternating rectangular and semicircular niches, surmounted respectively by a tympanum and a round arch. The structure was symmetrical with that existing on the eastern side. In one of the rectangular niches a white marble statue of a woman wearing a peplos was found in situ, largely intact and datable by its stylistic characteristics to the 1st century A.D. Only the zone at the base of the eastern and central arches was paved in opus signinum, whilst the rest of the surface was paved with a mosaic of regular white tesserae. A fragmented white marble male statue was also found, identifiable with Dionysius and of a similar date to the statue with peplos.

The villa was largely obliterated by the eruption of the so-called “Pollena”, datable to around 472 A.D., a period in which the villa was already in ruins, as attested by the traces of climbing plants sealed below volcanic material. The removal of the collapse led to the partial definition of the plan of the area south of the arches, bordered on the south side by an opus vittatum mixtum wall. At the centre of the wall was an access bordered by painted stucco decoration, flanked by two niches with round arches. This wall, together with the other structures joined to it, delimited the hexagonal hall with arches and pilasters.

At the western edge of the latter was a structure which seemed to belong to a rectangular kiln. In the sector to the west, behind the wall with niches, a room paved in opus sectile came to light. The pottery finds from this room datable to the 5th century, sealed by the eruption of 472 A.D., attest the continuous occupation of the complex. (MiBAC)