Dig reveals “billionaire’s” Roman villa with baths

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July 24, 2007 3:41 pm

 Archaeologists have uncovered a tycoon’s mansion outside central Rome with its very own bath complex — the ancient Roman equivalent of owning a fleet of Ferraris or a private jet as a way of showing off wealth.“This is a very impressive, very well preserved bath complex that belonged to a certain Quintus Servilius Pudens who was a billionaire friend of Emperor Hadrian,” said Darius Arya, an American archaeologist who is leading the dig.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2476764920070724

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