Lorium

Seven kilometres farther west was the post-station of Baebiana, where inscriptions show that some sailors of the fleet were stationed, probably a detachment from Centumcellae along this road.

[4][5] It was also a favourite haunt of Pius' adopted son and successor as emperor, Marcus Aurelius[6] who complained about the uneven paving stones of the Via Aurelia which caused "his horse to stumble and slip".

[9] The villa is built on three monumental terraces supported by imposing walls in opus reticulatum in white limestone.

Of particular interest is the presence of abundant quantities of marble and glass paste which suggests fine coverings in opus sectile.

Various brick stamps include one of Stertinia Bassula, daughter of Stertinius Noricus, consul suffectus in 113 AD and owner of praedia (estates), while in others Marcus Pontius Sabinus, who is linked to Antoninus Pius, and was dominus filinarum, consul suffectus in 153 and then governor of Upper Moesia in 159-160; also a stamp of Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius.

The agricultural part dates to the Republican period and the large covered courtyard still contains the bases of three pillars for the roof and a circular well in the centre.