Here in the southern Eifel you will find the archetype of simple Roman country houses, so to speak. A farming family built it at the beginning of the 2nd century and, in typical Roman style, orientated it southwards towards the River Sauer and gave it a representative columned front between two corner towers. Behind it was a hall for living and working. As the owners became more prosperous, they treated themselves to a warm bathroom and a room with underfloor heating for cold winter days. At the back of the house there were further rooms with a pantry and tool store. There were also several farm buildings in the courtyard. The house remained inhabited until the end of the 4th century, when it fell victim to a fire - perhaps during the turmoil of the Germanic invasions. Today, it has a modern protective structure designed by students at the Trier University of Applied Sciences, which is modelled on Roman architecture. Incidentally, the area here was richly populated, and it is worth exploring the scenically very attractive Felsenland Südeifel region even further.

A stop on the roads of the Romans ("Straße der Römer").

Additional information Gauls and Romans: With the beginning of Roman rule shortly before the turn of time, the local Celts, called "Gauls" by the Romans, became Romans and if you want to express yourself correctly, one speaks of "Gallo-Romans" if one means the population of our region in the first post-Christian centuries. At that time, a new construction method also became established: Stone houses instead of wooden buildings with walls made of clay-plastered wattle and daub. This gave rise to numerous manor houses with a typical appearance in the countryside.