An interesting collection of properties, inhabited by people of certain income, and possibly linked to the salting factory.
On a hill close to the port, next to Era Street, in 1989/1990 a group of properties from the middle of the 4th century were excavated next to a Late cemetery. It made up an obviously residential settlement from the Late Roman epoch, studied up to today in the town.
The houses were built at a time which coincided with the salting factory’s full production and expansion. The remains of the materials found in properties indicate this was an area with a certain income, due to the number of coins found and due to the abundant imported materials and the domestic objects. We have to suppose that we are looking at a population dedicated to administrative or trading activities linked to the salting industry.
They are family properties with rooms for different uses. The most complex have a reception room, bedrooms, patio, kitchen and well, and recall the scheme of the models of classic Roman houses, with a central room around which are distributed the rooms. It seems they were people who retained their Roman traditions, models of houses and urban designs, although with a marked local character, as indicated in the materials and construction system.