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Tom hurried after the lady, but lost sight of her near a huge house at the bottom of a hill. This was nothing like the blocks of flats he had seen in the town. What a brilliant place to live!
Villas were the homes
of wealthy Romans. Some were simple farms, others were huge estates outside the city.
Just as Tom had caught his breath, he spotted Digby leaping into the window of another further up the road.
Villas were built around a central courtyard, called an
There were bedrooms, a living room called a
.
, a shrine
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to the gods and more than one dining room so that people could enjoy
the sun at different angles as they ate. They also had kitchens, but
only servants did the cooking.
