Villa Rustica Nettersheim-Roderath

Villa rustica (transl. farmhouse or countryside villa) was the term used by the ancient Romans to denote a farmhouse or villa set in the countryside and with an agricultural section, which applies to the vast majority of Roman villas. In some cases they were at the centre of a large agricultural estate (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.

The Villa Rustica is a former Roman estate between Pesch and Roderath.

The villa rustica in Nettersheim-Roderath was a small Roman estate that was used from the end of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd and probably also in the 4th century.