RESUME
The villa rustica in Obelya (Sofia) is one of the eight similar sites in the immediate vicinity of the provincial capital of Dacia Mediterranea in the Late Antiquity – Serdica. The complex is located 7 km west of the fortified area of the city. It has been excavated during three archaeological campaigns: in 1961, 1962, and 1964. In the archaeological literature the complex is counted among the fully explored ones in the vicinity of Serdica. Through the years, the interpretations of the chronology and the economic development of the site became а benchmark of all the villae rusticae in the proximity of present-day Sofia. In 1981 the results of the excavations have been published in a relatively short article.
Anani Antonov, PhD
National Archaeological Institute with Museum Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
anani_antonov@abv.bg
