Villa dei Quintili (sul Appia Antica) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/3/2013
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Geocache Description:

Views of cool Roman ruins on a lovely stretch of the Appia Antica (that’s a bit further out than tourists usually make it)

Italiano (English below)
 
La Villa dei Quintili era una delle più grande e fastosa residenza del suburbio romano. Il nucleo originario apparteneva ai fratelli Quintili, consoli nel 151 d.C. ed è stato ampliato quando la villa è divenuta proprietà imperiale con l’imperatore Commodo (chi aveva bramato la villa cosi tanto che ha ordinato i suoi proprietari uccisi in 182 e l’ha confiscato per sé stesso). La villa si estende tra l’Appia Antica e la via Appia Nuova ed è costruita attorno ad una grande piazza. Il nucleo edilizio più imponente è quello composto dagli ambienti padronali e per la servitù: un edificio circolare, una serie di stanze e le due grandi aule termali del calidario e del frigidario, alte quattordici metri, con ampie finestre e marmi policromi. Il complesso monumentale si affaccia a terrazze sulla campagna romana ed offre un panorama che ha ispirato nel tempo molti celebri artisti.
 
Nota bene: L'ingresso alla zona delle rovine si trova in Via Appia Nuova, numero 1092; normalmente non e posible entrare dalle Appia Antica.
 
Ulteriori informazioni: http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/siti-archeologici/villa-dei-quintili
 
English:
 
From this spot you can get a good look at the the Villa of the Quintilii (in Italian, Villa dei Quintili). The villa is an ancient Roman complex located past the fifth milestone along the Via Appia Antica, just outside the traditional boundaries of Rome, Italy. The nucleus of the villa was constructed in the time of Hadrian by the rich and cultured brothers Sextus Quintilius Maximus and Sextus Quintilius Condianus (consuls in 151 CE). The ruins are are so extensive that when they were first excavated, the site was dubbed Roma Vecchia ("Old Rome") by locals, as they occupied too great an area, it seemed, to have been anything less than a town. The villa included extensive thermae fed by their own aqueduct, and, more unusually, a hippodrome, which dates to the fourth century, when the villa became Imperial property (the emperor Commodus coveted the villa so strongly that in 182 he put to death its owners and confiscated it for himself.)
 
Nota bene: You cannot normally enter the grounds of the Villa from the Appia Antica. The entrance to the grounds of the ruins is quite far away from the geocache site, on Via Appia Nuova, number 1092. More information on visiting the grounds of the Villa dei Quinitil can be found here: http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/siti-archeologici/villa-dei-quintili

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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