In emperor Trajan's era the villa rustica of Moruzzo had to do with a fine wine, perhaps delivered in a wooden barrel identified by the label with the name of the consuls which attested to the year of production, or more likely for having received the cuttings to be planted in a new vineyard.

Another surprise was that inside two rooms, substantial piles of bovine bones were found, even a whole carcass, almost as if the animals, at least five, had still been buried with the meat; subsequent analyses have showed that they had only been skinned and dehorned.

There was no trace of fire or sudden abandonment, and the other finds were very few: pottery shards, a few handles and an amphora cap, a broken oil lamp, a billhook, part of a fibula, a balance weight, some coins of little value.

[5] In 168-170 AD the Roman Empire, at the peak of its power, suffered a very serious setback when the Germanic tribes of the Quadi and Marcomanni overwhelmed the legionary defenses near Vienna and arrived in Italy to raid and loot.

These two elements, the fear of new invasions and the epidemic, could explain the progressive downsizing of the housing structures of the farm which was depopulating and the burial of the whole animals because they were infected, removing only what was possible to use without health risks.