Sebatum, Archaeological site in St. Lorenzen, Italy.

Sebatum is a Roman settlement site in the St. Lorenzen municipal area, spread across several fields of the middle Pustertal. Excavations exposed the foundations of a macellum right of the Rienz, a bath with hypocaust on the Frohnwiese, and a vicus on the Schrafflbühel. A 1995 dig at the parish church revealed the choir and apse of a 4th- or 5th-century early Christian church.

The site developed as a rest station on a major route through the Dolomites and was part of the Roman road network connecting different regions. It saw occupation across several periods, leaving traces of both Roman and earlier local cultures.

The museum displays objects from daily life of Roman and pre-Roman inhabitants, showing how people here worked and worshipped. Through these artifacts you can see how much the Romans and local communities influenced each other.

The site is best reached on foot and offers guided tours for visitors of all ages. Special programs for school groups help visitors understand the Roman period more deeply.

Among the grave goods from the Pichlwiese and Pflaurenz cemeteries was a ring engraved SOLI ET LVNE, "to the sun and the moon", pointing to a spiritual meaning behind some burials. The Pflaurenz field, first dug in 1803, likely held the cemetery of the upper class.