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Rustic Romans

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Just ignore the modern houses in the background and imagine what this villa rustica looked to the Roman family who lived here in the 3rd century AD. The pastures surrounding the villa, the temple and the stables. The rollling hills of the Odenwald in the … Continue reading Rustic Romans

Let’s Hope It Won’t Rain

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Villa Rustica in Großsachsen

In the early 1980s the site of a Roman villa was discovered near our town. The foundations were excavated and then enlarged so that visitors would have more of an understanding of the layout of this villa rustica. The foundations were only augmented and some of the walls were built up to less than half their original height. The photo shows an outside wall with half a window in it, just to give the impression of what it kind of looked like in around 300 AD.

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