Un diverticolo dell’antica via Cornelia presso l’Ospedale IDI di Roma

This paper is aimed at describing the results of the excavations carried out between 2008 and 2011 in the Roman western suburbium, with the scientific supervision of the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma. The site is lo- cated in the area of the Ospedale IDI (Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata) and the investigations allowed us to identify the presence of evidences which can be dated back to the late Republican period and the second century AD. In particular, it has been possible to recognise a side road related to the ancient via Cornelia, along which five fossa tombs and a hy- draulic channel were placed. It is possible that the complex of findings was connected with a settlement, probably a villa, located nearby the site.