The establishment had a number of opulent dining areas with a view of fountains spewing out young wine.
the archaeologists from the Italian Ministry of Culture accidentally found the ancient Roman vineyard. As they suggested, Emperor Commodus, who ruled from AD177 to AD192, constructed the chariot-racing course. It turned out that one of these starting gates had been covered by the subsequent winery.“Usually these treading areas would be covered in a waterproof concrete,” Dodd said. “But these were covered in red marble. Which isn’t ideal, as marble gets incredibly slippery when wet.
Around three sides of this spacious courtyard area were covered dining rooms with broad, open entrances. According to Dodd's theory, the emperor would have feasted and taken in the entire theatrical display ofThe entire building appears to have been planned with both the practicality of making wine and the sheer theatricality of it in mind.
Letters from a former emperor, Marcus Aurelius, attest to his having feasted while observing the process of winemaking, possibly at a luxurious winemaking facility at the Villa Magna 30 miles to the south-east, which is the only comparable site in the archaeological record to the newly discovered winery.The elites of many past cultures have sought to romanticise agricultural labour—often the source of their wealth and hence their status.
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