The Villa Romana di Russi is one of the best-preserved rustic villas in northern Italy. Discovered in the 1950s and subject to continuous excavation campaigns, the Villa had an extension of at least 8000 square meters, including a thermal plant (already uncovered in 1939 and recently rediscovered) and other parts of the complex structure still to be excavated. Located about 20 km west of Ravenna, it was built in the center of a vast estate whose products were destined for the men of the Roman military fleet stationed in Classe, the ancient port of Ravenna. Until the 1st century BC, such rustic villas were modest country houses of small dimensions. The current site corresponds to the second phase of the building, dating back to the early imperial era (1st century - 2nd century AD), built on a previous construction from the republican era. The complex is a large rectangle oriented on the north-south axis, completely surrounded by a portico supported by brick columns. Inside the rectangle, two peristyles (porticoed courtyards) can be identified: a small residential one and a large rustic courtyard. The dominus' quarter (the owner) is located to the north: it certainly consisted of a two-story building, adorned with elegant wall paintings and with black and white mosaic floors with geometric patterns. To the northwest, there is a small quarter consisting of three rooms, which was intended for the villicus (the overseer) or the procurator (the administrator) and separated the dominus' residence from the servants' quarters. The rest of the pars rustica, open to the large porticoed courtyard, consisted of productive facilities, agricultural product storage, and irrigation structures (cisterns and wells). Recent excavations to the east have revealed an orchard enclosed by a portico, forming the side of a new residential quarter with heated rooms. The archaeological material recovered demonstrates that the villa was well integrated into the surrounding commercial network.