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It was built on at least 2 terraces, still visible, with gardens on the lower and the main villa on the terrace above supported by a cryptoporticus. An unusual feature visible today is the lower terrace wall with narrow towers as in a fortification, a local speciality common to other nearby villas
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with separate entrance, all the production areas were moved out while outside large baths were built in a part of the gardens. A piggery and extended slave quarters were added.
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and became depopulated. As part of land redistribution, a group of great villas were assembled in the area, run by slave labour like the
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