New evidence on the rural population in the ager Mediolanensis. The rural building of Melzo, Cascina Mascheroni

Abstract

During recent excavations for the construction of a methane pipeline in the territory of the municipality of Melzo, north-east of Milan, a small Roman structure was discovered. It probably had functional use and was part of a larger rural settlement, not identified by archaeological investigations. The discovery constitutes new evidence of Roman rural construction in the territory of ancient Mediolanum.