Roman settlement - villae rusticae

The Roman provincial villa (because it is a rustic villa, there is no doubt that this part of the Maribor field (Mariborsko polje) was earmarked above all for agriculture) is a special type of property of a rich Roman settler, who with considered cultivation shaped the land for his needs, status and taste. Villas were mainly comfortable and contemporarily furnished and the position beside the road rendered possible communication with near and distant places.

Our rustic villa also lies on an archaeologically proven colonization axis (Hoče, Bohova, Betnava, Radvanje), along an important road by the Drava river, which testifies to the course of Roman colonization in the Podravje region. On studying the history of the building three phases of construction were exposed that were differently preserved. Because of later reconstructions the oldest construction phase was scantily retained on the south- western and north-western side of the building lot.