Villa rustica

In some cases they were at the centre of a large agricultural estate, sometimes called a latifundium.

The adjective rustica was used only to distinguish it from a much rarer sub-urban resort villa, or otium villa built for purely leisure and luxury, and typically located in the Bay of Naples.

The villa rustica would thus serve both as a residence of the landowner and his family (and servants) and also as a farm management centre.

It would often comprise separate buildings to accommodate farm labourers and sheds and barns for animals and crops.

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Scale model of a Roman villa rustica. Remains of villas of this type have been found in the vicinity of Valjevo , Serbia.
Boscoreale villa
Mosaic floor at Villa dei Volusii
Ruins of the Villa rustica, Montmaurin
Wurmlingen
Villa rustica, Haselburg at Höchst i. Odw., Hypocaust of the main building
Eschweiler
Ceiling painting at the Roman villa of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler