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FANTASTIC ROMAN VILLA UNCOVERED BY SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION

2,000-year-old ruins of a Roman military chief's luxury villa with 14 rooms, marble floors and ornate mosaics are unearthed by subway construction workers in Rome

By: Tim Collins
The Daily Mail
08 March 2018

• Archaeologists working on Rome's Metro C line uncovered the second century AD residence, or domus.
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• It was found adjoining a military barracks excavated in May 2016 that was home to the Praetorian Guard 
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• The domus was found 40 feet (12 metres) underground and includes at least 14 rooms and a central courtyard.
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• Researchers believe the home, whose walls were around five feet (1.5 metres) tall, was intentionally buried
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  Sprawling ruins of the 2,000-year-old luxury villa of a Roman military commander have been unearthed during work to expand the Italian capital's subway system.
  Archaeologists working on Rome's Metro C line uncovered the second century AD residence, or domus, adjoining a military barracks excavated in 2016.
  
  
  The richly decorated dwelling is complete with a well-preserved geometric design mosaic, marble floors and frescoed walls.
  
  
  
  
  

Government official Francesco Prosperetti, special superintendent for the Colosseum, the National Roman Museum and the archaeological area of ​​Rome, described the find as an 'astounding archaeological construction site.'

The domus, found 40 feet (12 metres) below the city's surface, includes at least 14 rooms and a fountain in a central courtyard. One of the rooms appears to have been heated. 

Foundations for a separate structure of around the same size but with a more spartan interior were uncovered at around the same depth. Experts think it was probably used as a warehouse.

Archaeologists at the site say they were surprised by the find, as well as how well it had been preserved.

'The decorations were mainly intact, both the patterned mosaic floors and the frescoed walls.

'We have four more metres to excavate. We have no idea what we will find.' 

The walls of the domus were around five feet (1.5 metres) tall and the rooms were found filled with dirt. 

Researchers believe the home was intentionally buried in the third century, just prior to Roman Emperor Aurelian started construction work on walls build to protect the city in 271 AD.

The excavation work also unearthed rare wooden artefacts. This included wooden forms of a type similar to those used to this day to lay and build foundations, as well as wooden beams.

Experts says that the unique finds were uncovered thanks to the unusually deep digging taking place for the Metro system

The ruins and the buried treasures they contained will now be moved elsewhere, and temporarily preserved in special containers, so tunnelling can continue. 

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