Villa Rustica (Brighton)
The Villa Rustica Brighton was a Roman estate near Brighton , in southern England in East Sussex .
The villa was found in 1876 when pits, burials and remains of a wall came to light during construction work. Seven rooms were uncovered in the following years. There were remains of wall paintings and mosaics. Further excavations took place in 1926, 1962–63 and 2002 before a residential building was built on this site. The villa dates back to the first century, was built of stones and at least partially equipped with black and white mosaics. During the more recent excavations, a coin from Emperor Constantius II was found in the backfilling of a stone-clad well . It proves that the villa was used until the fourth century AD. The burial of a man has been uncovered in recent excavations. The burial of a woman was found around 1960 and contained, among other things, two terracotta busts.
literature
- C. Dudley: A re-appraisal of the evidence for a Roman villa in Springfield Road, Brighton, following further discoveries on the site . In: Sussex Archaeological Collections. 119, 1981, pp. 68-88.
- Miles Russel: Roman Sussex. Stroud 2006, p. 140.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dudley 1981, pp. 84-84 No. 3.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 10 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 30 ″ E