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The most detailed ancient text on the meaning of "villa" is by Varro [3] (116–27 BC) dating from the end of the Republican period, which is used for most modern considerations. [4] But Roman authors (e.g. Columella [ 5 ] [4-70 AD], Cato the Elder [ 6 ] [234-149 BC]) wrote in different times, with different objectives and for aristocratic ...
Villa of Herodes Atticus is an ancient Roman villa located on the outskirts of Doliana and near Astros in Arcadia, Greece. [1] [2]It was near the ancient city of Eva.. It was developed between the 1st and 5th centuries by the family of Herod Atticus, a Greek rhetorician famous for his fortune and his actions of public patronage.
Villa Saluzzo Bombrini, in the Albaro district. Villas have been one of the pillars of the social and economic history of Genoa.Since the 14th century, the villa became the symbol of the power of the aristocratic oligarchy and the wealthy merchant bourgeoisie, for whom it was the mirror of the city palace: outside the walls they conveyed the luxury and magnificence found in the city residences.
The ancient Roman villa of Quintus Axius [1] was a large rural villa rustica in the locality of Grotte di San Nicola, Colli sul Velino (Rieti, Lazio), Italy. It is one of the relatively few known farm-estates of ancient Roman Italy, especially of those that can be assigned to a known senator of the Axia gens family, friend of Varro [ 2 ] and ...
The younger villa contained an upper and lower terrace with rooms on each floor. Inside one room of the younger villa, two marble statues, including one of Dionysus, were discovered. [12] In the older villa, sixteen amphorae were discovered, along with a warehouse and a furnace, which is believed to have heated a private bathroom. [13]
The Villa of the Papyri before the eruption. A plan of Herculaneum and the location of the Villa. The Villa of the Papyri (Italian: Villa dei Papiri, also known as Villa dei Pisoni and in early excavation records as the Villa Suburbana) was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy.
Pages in category "Roman villa" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Villa Giulia is an ancient Roman imperial villa or palace on the north tip of the island of Ventotene (ancient name: Pandateria) which lies between the Campania and Lazio regions of Italy. [ 1 ] The huge villa complex of over 3,000 m 2 area included thermae (thermal baths), terraces, gardens, an exedra and aqueducts .