| Sumario: | In Morbio Inferiore (TI - Switzerland), on a hill just a few km from the town of Como / Comum, structures relating to an important Roman villa were discovered in 1920. The first buildings can most probably be dated to the first half of the 1st century A.D. The analysis of the architectural and planimetric elements brought to light in subsequent preventive archaeological excavations, however, also highlights a phase of great monumentalisation in the middle of the 4th century A.D. Among the few preserved artefacts, some decorative elements were studied for the first time as part of doctoral research involving the three known Roman villas in the region. In addition to a few small blocks of tesserae belonging to at least two different mosaic floors, one bichrome and the other polychrome, the finds include a batch of loose glass tesserae. These include several transparent elements, one of which still has its original gold leaf. The study of these scanty fragments of decorative apparatus now allows a better understanding of the real socio-economic significance of this complex, especially in its zenith during the 4th century AD.
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