Five miles from the center of Rome, along the Via Appia, you can see the majestic remains of an ancient suburban villa where the wealthy owners alternated ‘otium and negotium’ (intellectual and work activities).
Thanks to the discovery of a lead pipe bearing the name of the owners, it is certain that the complex belonged to the brothers Sesto Quintilio Condiano and Sesto Quintilio Valerio Massimo, members of a senatorial family and consuls in 151 AD.
In 181 AD the Quintili brothers were accused of conspiracy and were killed by order of the Emperor Commodus who confiscated the property and greatly embellished it with an amphitheater and a circus, passing the property to his successors.
Still clearly visible today are the thermal buildings with the pools, the ovens for the production of heat and the pipes in the cavities of the walls to heat the rooms.
For artists and travelers of the Grand Tour, the Villa dei Quintili was an obligatory stop during the explorations of the enchanting Roman Countryside.
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