The Villa dei Papiri

The largest Roman villa ever found - the home of Calpurnius Caesoninus Piso, Julius Caesar’s father-in-law? It revealed a huge treasure of bronze figures that tell fascinating stories - and most of all, the only surviving library of antiquity…

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Wonderful video - very informative, bringing ancient history back into the light of the present. Many thanks for this eye-opening exposition of Roman and Greek magnificence!

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We here, in Cal are fortunate enough to have the replica of this built here..The Getty Villa

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Damn Roman's were living large back then. If only Herculaneum could've developed til today...

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reading those scrolls is mainly a dream