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Remains of Caligula's lavish home excavated in Rome (www.dailymail.co.uk)

by What a Find November 19, 2020, 8:14 pm

Italian researchers who excavated the site reveal a luxury palace with an ornate garden complete with water fountains and an exotic menagerie that housed ostriches, deer and even a bear.

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Remains of Caligula's lavish home excavated in Rome (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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