In late Republic times the area which we visit today was crossed by a north-south oriented channel, the Sioncello, which probably linked the city of Altino to the Veneto lagoon. In this place the channel was accessible through stairs made in blocks of sandstone, which are still visible today within the wooden fence.
The channel was filled in Augustan times and the whole area underwent a full renovation. Above the channel a road (A) was constructed, which was paved in slabs of trachyte and which has been interpreted as one of the east-west oriented roads (“decumanus”) of the city. The road had porches on its southern side, as it is documented by the bases plinths of the porch that are visible today. A house was also built, in line with the “decumanus” and with clay floors which are now covered by later pavements. To this same time we date the remains of the pavement of squared marble slabs (B), with a central element bearing an elegant round marble basis on top. This pavement pertained to a public building that would be accessible from the porch and whose function is still unknown.
The road was entirely re-built in the II century A.D. with a slightly different orientation. Just as before, the road is flanked by a building with a porch whose bases plinths still remain visible. In this same time the domus (C) is also renovated, that contains the most numerous and best preserved mosaic pavements in the whole archaeological area. The domus was north-south oriented and was organized around a central uncovered atrium (courtyard) with Prun stone pavements and porches on all sides. The entrance was located on the main road and was on the same axis as the courtyard and the “tablinum”, the mosaic paved house office on the north side of the atrium. The other rooms on the north and east sides of the atrium have uncertain function. Some traces of a second house on the north side of the road still remain, and particularly a valuable mosaic pavement made of pieces of glass covered with gold and drawing a central decoration in the shape of a “kantharos” (a type of drinking pottery with high swung handles which extend above the lip of the pot).
To the late antiquity we date the foundations of a massive building on the north of the domus (D), which has been interpreted as a public building with uncertain function.