Sassari: Roman road discovered in Siligo excavations.

A Roman road was discovered in Mesumundu, Sassari, during excavations in Siligo. More than 16 meters long and about 4 meters wide, it was buried by a thick layer of farmland and was identified after four weeks of archaeological excavations by the University of Sassari’s International Summer School of Medieval Archaeology, directed by Marco Milanese, professor of archaeology and director of the University’s Department of History, Humanities and Education.

“The paved road brought to light is one of the rare segments of a Roman road in Sardinia, dated with certainty to the Imperial Roman age,” explains Milanese. "It may have been a detour, a sort of junction, in the direction of Ardara, which detached itself from the main axis of the Roman road system in Sardinia, from Cagliari toward Porto Torres, the colony of Turris Libisonis."
The road was found during excavations of the areas adjacent to the small Byzantine church of Santa Maria di Mesumundu, which has been the subject of archaeological excavations for several years aimed at shedding light on the pre-Byzantine Roman settlement; the settlement consists of a bath complex (fed by a small aqueduct) of a probable service station, for the needs of traveling imperial officials and also for ordinary travelers.

Source: Ansa

Sassari: Roman road discovered in Siligo excavations.

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