Built between 118-134 AD, our tour guide explains the villa once housed 20,000 people in the most luxurious surroundings of the time. The complex originally covered 300 hectares & provided running water for its residents. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:02:52 PM Olive trees on the walk up to the villa - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:01:38 PM Olives! - Sat 27 Aug 2005 05:08:00 PM Entrance to the villa - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:01:57 PM aae - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:11:32 PM aaf - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:12:09 PM aag - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:16:46 PM aah - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:25:17 PM Running water came to the villa through aqueduct fed by water coming down the mountain from Tibur (today's Tivoli) - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:27:14 PM aaj - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:29:45 PM aak - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:31:12 PM Portions of the original floor are still visible - we walked on a 2000 year old tile floor! - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:32:25 PM aam - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:35:05 PM The remains of a domed ceiling over the baths of the villa. This portion of the baths was known as the Great Thermae (larger baths, probably reserved for men, the women would have bathed in the smaller baths). This particular room was the Frigidarium, h - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:39:00 PM The detail still visible on this column is amazing. - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:40:12 PM Joel & Michele at the Canopus. The Canopus is the only part of the villa whose name in antiquity is certain today. Apparently we've guessed or made up names for all the other areas! - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:50:04 PM Semicircular nymphaeum - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:50:57 PM aar - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:54:17 PM Caryatids line the length of the pool at the Canopus - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:52:21 PM Caryatid up close - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:52:09 PM aax - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:52:27 PM aau - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:52:55 PM aav - Sat 27 Aug 2005 04:58:05 PM aaw - Sat 27 Aug 2005 05:00:06 PM
