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This year's excavation⁵ brought to light rooms of great importance now visible, like those rooms featuring mosaic⁶ or opus sectile floors. The latter using marble slabs⁷ made of valuable marble coming from all over the Roman Empire.

 

The 150,000-square-foot complex was at the center of an ancient village called Falacrine, Vespasian' hometown. Other archeologists have expressed skepticism about this discovery, citing the lack of solid evidence that Vespasian lived here. But Coarelli says, even though there are no inscriptions⁸ to attribute it for certain, the village's location and luxury make it likely it was Vespasian's birthplace.

 

Let's say that we are pretty confident that this is the villa where Vespasian was born, also given the fact there are no other possible hypotheses.

 

The 4-year excavation, which also turned up other ruins including a necropolis burial ground, was carried out by a group of Italian and British archeologists.

 

I'm right in that area of the Lake of Nero which was for his perfect, private dwelling⁹ place, er, Vespasian built the Colosseum which is one of the famous monuments in Rome, one of most famous monuments in the world.

 

Vespasian, who was born in the year 9AD, brought stability to the Roman Empire following turmoil¹⁰ under the extravagant¹¹ Emperor Nero and a civil war among his successors. While emperor and using riches plundered¹² from Jerusalem and proceeds from increased taxes, he launched a major public works program and started building the Colosseum--the most ambitious and best-preserved of his projects.

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