The new Summer term has already filled our children with creativity and artistic flare as they create the most incredible Roman Villas as part of their History and Design Technology Curriculum.
A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions. Nevertheless, the term “Roman villa” generally covers buildings with the common features of being extra-urban (i.e. located outside urban settlements, unlike the domus which was inside them) and residential, with accommodation for the owner. The definition also changed with time: the earliest examples are mostly humble farmhouses in Italy, while from the Republican period a range of larger building types are included.
As you can see from the gallery below, our talented designers have created an entire Roman settlement ranging from smaller, more cozy farm houses to luxurious, enormous Villas, fit for a Roman Senator, General, or even Emperor!
