“Wow, really cool, how the Romans lived with us back then.” That was recently said by a pupil in class 5a at Peiting Middle School at the end of a school trip to Villa Rustica in Peiting.
"And what people ate: dates, grapes and even oysters from the Mediterranean, everything transported across the Alps on the Via Claudia Augusta - and without a refrigerator."
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- Werner Schmitt from the Villa Rustica team imparted a lot of interesting information to the girls and boys about the secrets of the Roman settlers.
As part of a treasure hunt, the girls and boys then explored the remains of the ancient wall of the bathhouse and the history of the Roman complex in the Neukirchwiesen - until they found a treasure chest filled with a certificate and grapes.
Finally, a few students wanted to know what is happening at the currently visible construction sites on the site: “Is there a new excavation going on? Was a question that was circulating.
Schmitt was able to satisfy the curiosity by installing “windows into the past”.
"Then from the spring of next year you can look through glass panes and see the Roman buildings that once stood here."
Finally, the young people and their teacher learned that on August 16, in the morning in the holiday program of the market town of Peiting, under course number 41, there was a “Roman Day at Villa Rustica” with lots of interesting things. A Roman soldier will also be there with his. “By the way: the parents are welcome to stay, watch and take photos. I will be happy to reveal old and new archeology methods and new findings about the villa over the past five years, ”said Schmitt.