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    The Villa Romana del Casale (Sicilian: Villa Rumana dû Casali) is a large and elaborate Roman villa or palace located about 3 km from the town of Piazza...
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    bandeaukinis in modern lexicon). The mosaic, found in the Sicilian Villa Romana del Casale, features ten maidens who have been anachronistically dubbed the...
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    1400 BC. In the floor of Coronation of the Winner hall of Villa Romana del Casale, a Roman villa in Sicily that dates from the Diocletian period (286–305 AD)...
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    been found in several locations, the most famous of which is at Villa Romana del Casale. Although two-piece bathing suits were being used by women as early...
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    Roman Villa in Kent, England Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy Villa of the Quintilii, Rome, Italy Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire...
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    until its discovery had few known examples except for the Villa Romana del Casale. The villa was discovered in 1973 during construction work on a stretch...
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  • about 15 km from the Villa Romana del Casale at Piazza Armerina and 5 km from the ancient city of Sabucina. The remains of a villa rustica were found in...
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    the style of contemporary palace decoration. The mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina in Sicily are the largest collection of late...
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    is famous chiefly for its monumental Roman villa with its exceptional mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale, about 3 kilometres (2 miles) to the southwest...
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  • Casalbuttano ed Uniti in the province of Cremona, Lombardy Casale (surname) Villa Romana del Casale in the town of Piazza Armerina in the province of Enna...
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    The Villa Romana del Tellaro is a large, elaborate Roman villa dating from the late Roman Empire. It is also known (in English) as the villa of Caddeddi...
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    domes History of Roman and Byzantine domes Villa Romana del Casale ruins of a Roman senators villa Jacobson, David M. “Hadrianic Architecture and Geometry...
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    Villa Romana del Casale". Archived from the original on 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2017-07-13. U. SPIGO, Prime considerazioni sui mosaici geometrici del complesso...
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    Pompeian Second Style of wall painting (80–20 BC). The mosaics in the Villa Romana del Casale (c. 300 AD) from Roman Sicily perhaps represent the hallmark of...
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    monument of Italy. The site is located in Agrigento. Villa Romana del Casale (1997) is a Roman villa built in the first quarter of the 4th century and located...
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  • Latifundium (category Roman villa)
    Villa Romana del Casale Villa Romana del Tellaro Villa of Geraci Villa Romana di Patti Villa dei Volusii Settefinestre Realmonte Villa of Casignana Roman...
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    A rhinoceros depicted on a Roman mosaic in Villa Romana del Casale, an archeological site near Piazza Armerina in Sicily, Italy...
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    Hadrian (r. 117–138 AD) On the right: detail of athletic women in the "bikini girls" mosaic of the Villa Romana del Casale, Roman Sicily, 4th century AD...
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    "Piazza Armerina: Note di iconologia". In Rizza, G. (ed.). La Villa romana del Casale di Piazza Armerina. Catania. p. 152. Dunbabin, Katherine (1999)...
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  • Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010. "Villa Romana del Casale". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 26...
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    to any economic virtue". The other institutional power centre, the Roman villa, did not survive in Britain either. Gildas lamented the destruction of the...
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    could impress guests and visitors, and could be attached to a large country villa or an urban domus. They were simpler and smaller than were civic basilicas...
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    Milanese dishes such as kidney with anchovies and lemon and gnocchi alla romana. Gian Battista and Giovanni Ratto's La Cucina Genovese (English: Genoese...
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    Detail of a mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, featuring a woman in a strophic...
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    Settefrati (category Roman villas in Italy)
    statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. "Late antique villas in Sicily | Villa Romana del Casale". www.villaromanadelcasale.it. Archived from the original...
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    about a two-century period colloquially referred to by Romans as the Pax Romana. The Julio-Claudian dynasty was established by Augustus. The emperors of...
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  • Roman women wearing breast-bands during sport, Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, 4th century AD...
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    Enna. The main comunes by population are: Villa Romana del Casale, in Piazza Armerina, a huge ancient Roman "villa", where there are many well preserved Roman...
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    (or lower) image: Detail of the "Big Game Hunt" mosaic from the Villa Romana del Casale (4th century AD), Roman Sicily, showing hunters shod in calceii...
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    Coronation of the Winner mosaic, also known as the "Bikini Mosaic", at Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily. In the mosaic, the bra-wearing women...
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