In this phase the Atrium is renovated and restricted. The renovations were performed in opus latericium Renovations are also present in the thermal areas and in the oil press, where a new Calcatorium was built. To this phase should be attributed many of the walls covered with fresco preserved during the excavation, now exhibited at Palazzo Massimo in Rome Calcatorium from an archaeological site Calcatorium, model reconstruction C. Antonine age (first half of II century A.D )

D. Late ancient age (end of III-IV century A.D.) Even if this phase, in the current state of the excavation, appears to have left few traces, however it seems certain that the area around the tank was used again also for productive structures and furnaces. In the southern side of the tank and south of the oil press more rooms were obtained, one of which shows traces of a floor mosaic with meander motive Example of mosaic with labyrinth theme from Rimini The mosaics can be: - with little black and white tiles with simple motifs - colored tiles with spirals, braids and flowering shoots.

Other ones instead were made with marbles of different colors, cut in geometric shapes: this is what is called opus sectile Floor in brick, fishbone braid made; this is what is called opus spicatum Catalogue of styles in opus sectile Example of floor from Ercolano Example of floor from Mercati di Traiano, Rome The floors of the Villa

What do we mean by “COCCIOPESTO”? The floors of the villa Cocciopesto is a building material used as waterproof covering for floors, both internal and external, but also for covering walls (for example tanks). COMPOSITION: fragments of clay-bricks or crushed shingle and cement. It’s made with different layers, that are beaten and wet many times. It’s used from the Roman age as waterproof covering of tubs or cisterns or floors. The technical term is opus signinum Example of a floor in cocciopesto from Baia (Naples)

The PARS RUSTICA South-eastern sector 1. In communication with the Atrium, the rectangular space without floor existing from ancient times, had a central shaft (2) identified as deposit provided with a wooden roof supported by three columns, the foundation of which remains. We can recognize a republican phase with opus incertum 1 2

3. This other space, at a higher level, shows a complex with the wine press as a quadrangular place with floor in opus spicatum connected to another room (4) which presents at the center the torcular, provided with a draw covered with cocciopesto, wherein flowed the liquid, at first pressed in a little calcatorium ( covered with cocciopesto as well) before being collected into the tank. Here we find a large courtyard fenced and heavily affected by modern works; inside it many fragments of dolia were found. (doliarium)

Rectangular space 42: floored in opus spicatum, shows traces of a tub and the draw of water. At the north there is a large water tank, added during the I century. A.D. and realized in opus reticulaum. The floor covered with cocciopesto shows traces of re-using; there are the bases of three internal pillars made of bricks and covered with plaster. From a corner of the floor, a hole conveyed the water to an external fountain made out of a big dolio during the late ancien age of the complex. The opposite corner, on the contrary, is affected by an acces opened at a later date and probably for a different use from the tank. Fountain

Space 41: still preserves traces of the floor mosaic of the IV cent. A.D. with large white and black tiles with a meander motive and was created in the last phase of the life of complex Further east,always during the late antiquity, a small space(8) whitout access was obtained, full of marble fragments belonging to architectural elements (maybe a deposit of limestone). 41 8