Roman villa facts for kids
A Roman villa is a country house that was built and inhabited during the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire. In general the house has a courtyard, and all rooms are accessible from the coutrtyard. The entrance also leads into the courtyard. An example of such a villa, called villa rustica is shown in the picture. Villas were owned by rich people. Some of them even had mosaics, glass windows, central heating system (called hypocaust), and their own baths.
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Maritime theatre at the Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli
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Late Roman owners of villas had luxuries like hypocaust-heated rooms with mosaics
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See also
In Spanish: Villa romana para niños
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