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2. Wealthy rich people lived in the villas. They lived in luxurious villas that were filled with beautiful creative designs.

3. Rich Romans made their money from their land, farms and from trading. These Romans usually lived on large estates or in villas. The Romans with good jobs were craft workers, traders and officials.

4. Roman villas were all about status. The richest decorated their best rooms with mosaics (small pieces of small colored stone or glass) and painted wall –plaster, exotic stonework, furniture and statuary..

5. The super-rich installed grandiose (large) bath-suites or dining rooms. The villa complex usually consisted of three parts. The third part of the villa was mainly made for storage.

6. Storage rooms here would have been used for oil, wine, grain, grapes and any other produce of the villa. Other rooms in the villa might include an office, a temple for worship, several bedrooms, a dining room and a kitchen. Large villas dominated the rural economy of the Po Valley, Campania, Sicily and were also found in Gual. Late Roman owners of villa had luxuries like hypocaust-heated rooms.

7. There were two kinds of villas: the villa Urbana, which was a country seat that could easily reached by Rome. The rich people that lived in the city would have the walls painted with designs. The other villa is called Villa Rustica, and it’s a farmhouse occupied permanently for the servants.

8. This is called a colonnade from Ancient Rome. This was left and rebuild by some parts and is one of the most visited places in Rome. Colonnade were usually built by a villa leading to the gardens.

9. FuN FaCtS Some times the servants Rustica villa used the storage rooms for prisoners and hospitals.

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