La villa de Rufio (Giano dell’Umbria, PG-Italia): fases constructivas y desarrollo de un modelo productivo esclavista

Abstract

In this paper we present the Roman villa of Gaius Iulius Rufio, located on the via Flaminia (Regio VI, Italy) and its chronological evolution. The analysis of the phases of the architectural complex is based on the study of mosaics and chronological trend established by from pottery quantification. The villa was built in the last quarter of the 1st century BC as a slave estate, presenting an ergastulum in the pars rustica (phase 1). In the second half of the 1st century AD there was a strong rebuilding of the complex (phase 2) with the amortization of the ergastulum and the extension of productive structures in the pars urbana. This phase would mark a maximum limit of extension of the slavery systems in this region, that could serve as a reference for all the roman slavery villae in Italy. At the end of the 1st AD or early 2nd AD the site presents a clear context of destruction and abandonment.