The plain of Faragola extends on the right bank of the river Carapelle (the ancient Calabius), a few kilometres NW of Ascoli Satriano (FG). The archaeological interest of this territory is indicated by the toponym ‘Faragola’, which would seem to indicate a small ‘fara’, that is a Lombard agro-military settlement. A further indication was provided by the presence of a great number of glass-paste tesserae (mainly blue) and numerous fragments of precious marbles. On the basis of this evidence, an excavation was started and soon revealed a mosaic pavement at the centre of a vast archaeological context. As it was intended to discover the size and nature of the site in order to protect it and have it placed under a restriction order, it was decided to put in a series of small trenches over a wide area. These revealed a series of walls, all perfectly aligned, mosaic and marble pavements and the basin of a nymphaeum at the centre of a probable summer triclinium. The excavation stopped, not so much because of a lack of funding, but in order to allow a series of interventions to be carried out in order to protect the site from the many clandestine excavators in the area. In fact, with the collaboration of the Comune of Ascoli Satriano, a timely injunction was issued to place a restriction order on the site and enable its acquisition. At the same time the preliminary excavation report was published.