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Question: What was a roman villa like!?
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Surprisingly not unlike some modern buildings usually made of red brick the interiors with marble floors and pained walls!. The best preserved example of Roman villas and other buildings is the city of Pompeii not far from Sorrento in Italia!.

At the link below you can see images of Pompeii as it is today!.
http://images!.google!.com/images!?q=pompei!.!.!.

This is not by any means a comprehensive list, but these are some of the more famous Roman Villas of England!.
http://www!.britainexpress!.com/architectu!.!.!.

Images of English Roman villas
http://images!.google!.com/images!?q=roman%!.!.!.

The interiors of Roman Villas were highly decorated with wall paintings!. Here are some examples [preserved] from the city of Pomeii
http://images!.google!.com/images!?hl=en&rl!.!.!.

ROMA SPQR
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Why not visit some useful websites like the following ones,

http://www!.butser!.org!.uk/bulletin21!.html
http://www!.britainexpress!.com/architectu!.!.!.
http://www!.bradingromanvilla!.org!.uk/ - virtual tour might be of use to you
http://www!.whitehallvilla!.co!.uk/
http://www!.romanvillas!.ws/page1!.html - someone attempting to recreate a roman villa and their background research

Hopefully enough there to get you started
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Firs of all it was big, it had underfloor heating (seriously), swimming pool, a beautiful panorama and it was full of slave!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You are obviously on a computer to put question on here , so I was wondering why you dont look it up youself!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.lazy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com