Summary (English)
In the 2014 season, work was again focused on the area of the site with remains interpreted as belonging to a Roman-period and late antique villa. Stratigraphic excavations were continued in the interior of the room with an internal semicircular structure. The semicircular structure itself was removed, and the fourth- or fifth-century AD level of roof collapse identified in 2013 was completely uncovered within the room, including in the zone underneath the semicircular structure. Investigations were also carried out in the complex of buildings to the west of this room, beyond the cistern of relatively recent date that separates the two areas with remains of the villa. Work here provided significant new information about the nature and relationship of the structures already uncovered in this part of the site in the years 2008-2011.
To the south of the northern terrace wall, excavations in 2014 revealed the presence of a portico, oriented north-south, with a beaten earth floor. The north end of the portico seems to coincide with the previously revealed east-west wall composed of reused roof tiles and stones set with mortar. The portico also lies immediately to the west of the tank lined with opus signinum that was excavated in 2011. The collapsed roof of the portico was uncovered ¬_in_ situ , and the areas of the roof that were exposed were then fully excavated. Artifacts were scant within and below the remains of the roof itself; these are currently under study to provide information about the chronology of the roof and its collapse. The roof showed extensive signs of burning and seems to confirm the hypothesis that the site underwent a violent destruction, possibly caused by an earthquake and/or a landslide.
- Gabriele Colantoni- University of Rochester 
- Elizabeth Colantoni 
Director
- Elizabeth Colantoni-University of Rochester
Team
- Silvia Greggi-Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Lazio
- Gabriele Colantoni- University of Rochester
- Jeffrey A. Stevens-University of California, Los Angeles
- Francesco Tommasi- Provincia di Roma
- Maria Rosa Lucidi, Sapienza – Università di Roma
Research Body
- University of Rochester
Funding Body
- University of Rochester, Department of Religion and Classics
- Vassar College, Department of Greek and Roman Studies
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