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Villa Augustea

The so-called “Villa of Augustus” at Somma Vesuviana was first discovered in the late nineteenth century. The villa has been shown to have survived the 79 CE eruption of Mt. Vesuvius but was eventually destroyed by a volcanic event in 472.

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