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27-592: It was partially excavated when the A1 Rome-Milan motorway which crosses it was built, and the archaeological site is adjacent to that of the ancient Roman Villa dei Volusii . The sanctuary was located near the later port on the Tiber, facing the Sabine settlement of Cures nearby. Later the forum was built on its south side. According to tradition it was a Faliscan colony. In the time of Tullus Hostilius (r.672–640 BC) it

54-504: A friend who was a votary of the goddess Isis. Volusius Vorenius , a centurion associated with Julius Caesar Volusius , an annalist mentioned in the poetry of Catullus Volusius Proculus , assassinated empress Agrippina and associated with Epicharis of the Pisonian conspiracy of 65 Lucius Volusius Maecianus , jurist in the second century and father-in-law of the usurper Avidius Cassius Volusia Vettia Maeciana, wife of

81-450: A large agricultural production centre typical of a latifundium , complete with large slave quarters ( ergastulum ) and this seems to have continued, with a corresponding deterioration of the quality of the residential part, up to the end of the 4th century AD. The villa was restored between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Traces of devastation (including the violent shattering of the statues) and of fires have been revealed by excavations but

108-432: A large hexastyle atrium with travertine columns surrounded by a beautiful tablinum flanked by side rooms, a series of rooms of various sizes on the long sides of the atrium which include cubicula , a triclinium and living rooms; below was a viridarium with ashlar columns supporting pergolas, while a portico ran externally along the western side, perhaps to connect the villa with the adjacent fields. The eastern side of

135-428: A large number of men compete for it, as well for the fair that is celebrated there every year, as for the spectacle just mentioned. In Imperial times the sanctuary became part of the larger town of Feronia under the radical restructuring that the site underwent as Colonia Iulia Felix Lucoferensis after receiving a colony of Octavian 's veterans. Inscriptions show that the sanctuary or lucus of Feronia lay behind

162-460: A market town with the trade done there on religious holidays. As Strabo (writing around 10 AD) says: At the foot of Monte Soratte is the city of Feronia, which has a common name with a divinity of that place, greatly honoured by the surrounding inhabitants, and of which there is a temple where it is made an admirable cult. Because some possessed by that Goddess walk barefoot through a large bed of hot ash and burning coals, without being offended; and

189-452: A series of entrances to the portico were opened and the new wing was given black and white mosaic floors. Among these the floors of tablinum 13 and room 8 stand out for their finesse and complexity. During the first century AD, probably in the Flavian age, there was a radical change in the layout and functions of the villa. In the main nucleus, some floors were replaced; the viridarium with pergola

216-576: A small antiquarium and the installation of protective roofs. This villa rustica fits into the group of villas built in the Roman republican age by senatorial families not far from Rome in a fertile area, being not only a country residence but also a large farm. The villa that can be seen today was largely built around the middle of the 1st century BC by the senatorial family of the Volusii Saturnini , probably on an existing villa that had belonged to

243-508: Is aligned with the entrance portico on the Forum; a further entrance seems to be located further north on the via Tiberina. In the 1960-61 excavations, remains of the votive stipa were also found, with anatomical clay material, ceramics, bronzes and jewels. The wall of the temenos on the northeast was also found, consisting of a sturdy structure in opus incertum with beautiful plaster with imitation marble stucco. A museum houses many finds from

270-559: The Egnatii family, opponents of Augustus who had their assets seized after their death. From the senator Quintus Volusius , known to Cicero , the villa passed to his son Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul 12 BC) , cousin of Tiberius, who enlarged the building. He adapted it in the style of Hellenistic villas, in vogue in the Augustan age, equipping it with residential and spa facilities, enriching it with new mosaic decorations and expanding

297-642: The Via Tiberina and was built on an embankment that offered a panoramic view of the lower Tiber Valley . It was built on two levels, the upper one supported by a cryptoporticus which housed the residential part with an atrium , triclinium , tablinum , with large peristyle , garden and lararium . Overall, around sixty rooms have been identified built in the republican and imperial eras. Some rooms retain polychrome mosaics with beautiful geometric decorations often finished with flowers, birds and various symbols. The original phase from about 50 BC consisted of:

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324-469: The Hadrianic age. The lararium of the slaves with a complex set of furnishings, sculptures and inscriptions in the great peristyle is remarkable and was related to the ergastulum or slave quarters (for no less than 500 slaves). Behind the ergastulum peristyle there is an open corner at the end of a road, evidently used as a point of arrival and parking for wagons from the surrounding countryside. Room 34 at

351-525: The NW corner of the peristyle is a latrine and along the south side of the same complex are 50 closets intended for washing and bathing, all part of the slave economy of the imperial-age villa. The site included a cistern and nymphaeums . The lower part of the site was the pars rustica , or farm which included an oil mill and an ergastulum , a building used to keep dangerous slaves in chains or to punish slaves. The Villa dei Volusii, as well as Lucus Feroniae,

378-503: The area were known, and it was very close to the known Lucus Feroniae sanctuary: in 1962 it was found during the construction of the A1 highway at the Fiano Romano tollbooth. The excavation of the complex, cut in two by the highway's access ramp, was done from 1962 to 1971. Renovation continued until the 1990s with the restoration of the mosaic floors, walls and structures, the setting up of

405-1322: The consul and mother of empress Lollia Paulina Lucius Volusius Saturninus , suffect consul in AD 3 and lived over 90 years from 38 BC-AD 56 Lucius Volusius Saturninus , a member of the College of Pontiffs who died in 55 Quintus Volusius Saturninus , consul of 56 Volusia Cornelia , daughter of Quintus Volusius Saturninus consul of 56 Lucius Volusius Saturninus , Augur and Suffect consul who lived in ca. 80 Lucius Volusius Saturninus , consul of 87 Quintus Volusius Saturninus , consul of 92 See also [ edit ] List of Roman gentes Licinia Cornelia Volusia Torquata References [ edit ] ^ Appian, Civil Wars IV. 47.200; Valerius Maximus, VII.3.8 ^ Volusius . Strachan stemma. ^ Claudius patrician . Strachan stemma. Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF National Vatican Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volusia_gens&oldid=1188796414#Volusii_Saturnini " Categories : Volusii Roman gentes Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

432-447: The eastern wall of the forum and was accessible through a small portico built in the early Augustan period by the duumvir A. Ottavius. The sanctuary consisted of the sacred wood (lucus), the temple and a large altar: the temple of an Italic plan has some of the ashlar foundations and parts of the facade with fluted columns, the architrave and the tympanum, all likely to be related to the reconstruction following Hannibal's sack. The altar

459-407: The residential part with the construction of a gigantic peristyle and with a lararium with statues of the family's ancestors. The family also owned the more commercial villa-estate at Settefinestre . On the death of Quintus Volusius Saturninus who was consul in 56 AD, the villa was probably acquired by the emperor. Around this date the villa changed radically from a suburban luxury villa into

486-474: The route of ancient Via Tiberina . This villa is a unique example of an almost entirely excavated large senatorial villa in Italy. It was a luxurious villa owned by the politically powerful senatorial family of the Volusii Saturnini , and one of the largest Roman villas. The discovery of the scale and importance of the site was completely accidental even though a Roman cryptoporticus and related structures in

513-509: The sanctuary was developed with rectangular insulae and streets probably through Gnaeus Egnatius , governor of Macedonia and builder of the via Egnatia . Between 143 and 129 BC the sanctuary was rebuilt in stone as a Hellenistic temple of Corinthian order and with porticos surrounding the sacred area. It was later destroyed perhaps in the Social Wars as were many other Italic sanctuaries after 90 BC. The settlement continued to grow as

540-466: The site. The Villa dei Volusii is located nearby. This article relating to the Etruscan civilization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Villa dei Volusii The ancient Roman Villa dei Volusii or Villa dei Volusii-Saturnini is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Fiano Romano , next to the ancient Roman town and sanctuary of Lucus Feroniae , along

567-598: The usurper Avidius Cassius Quintus Volusius Flaccus Cornelianus , consul of 174 Volusius Venustus , politician of the fourth century Lucius Volusius Successus , whose mausoleum is underneath the Vatican Necropolis Volusii Saturnini [ edit ] Quintus Volusius (Saturninus), prefect of Cicero from 51 BC to 50 BC, married Claudia the aunt of emperor Tiberius Lucius Volusius Saturninus , cousin of emperor Tiberius and suffect consul of 12 BC Volusia Saturnina , daughter of

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594-405: The villa had very fine geometric mosaics, among which the one decorating room 18 has a polychrome imitation of Hellenistic carpets. The exceptional opus sectile floor in room 23, one of the oldest known examples of such flooring, seems to date back to this period too. A second phase from the Augustan period is indicated by opus reticulatum in the western part of the "noble" nucleus. In this phase

621-409: The villa was frequented until the 5th century AD, when a small cemetery was set up in the residential part. Starting from the early Middle Ages , a religious building was first built and then a small fortified centre with towers and, finally, a rustic farmhouse reported in the maps of the area of the 16th century. The villa was located about 400 metres (1,300 ft) from Lucus Feroniae alongside

648-550: Was included in the project of the Virtual Museum of the Tiber Valley. Volusii Saturnini (Redirected from Volusii Saturnini ) Families from Ancient Rome who shared Volusius nomen The Volusia gens was an ancient Roman family . Members [ edit ] Marcus Volusius , aedile 43 BC; he had been proscribed, but managed to escape in sacerdotal vestments borrowed from

675-494: Was larger and paved with black and white mosaic and contained an altar, and a marble seat, while a masonry counter in the NW corner of the room bore the long and important eulogy for Lucius Volusius Saturninus (consul of 3 AD) and Q. Volusius Saturninus (consul of 56). In this room (and all around the peristyle) were fragmented portrait statues and marble busts of L. Volusius Saturninus, his wife Cornelia, Q. Volusius Saturninus and perhaps Volusia Torquata known from an epigraph from

702-405: Was replaced by a complex series of service rooms (kitchens, storerooms, tubs). A grandiose peristyle with Tuscan travertine columns and a series of small rooms on the three sides of the peristyle was built alongside the western side with the main nucleus. These small rooms - about thirty in all - are generally similar in size with floors of bare rock, except for the central room on the west side which

729-487: Was visited both by Latins and Sabines even though it was in Etruria. In the 3rd c. BC, the most famous religious festivities in Italy took place here, with great yearly gatherings of worshippers and excavations have shown that the town expanded considerably in this period. Due to its rich contents, the sanctuary was plundered by Hannibal in 211 BC. The rebuilt sanctuary was struck by lightning in 196 BC. The town surrounding

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