This inscription points to the gardens belonging to Caligula ... showcasing the full extravagance of this site. From Rome to Ostia to Tivoli, these ancient Roman sites in Italy are a testament ...
The city's remains provided models for souvenirs; paintings of them decorated the walls of eighteenth-century English country houses; and picturesque sham Roman ruins sprang up in landscape gardens ...
The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ancient bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop town in the Siena province, about 160km (100 miles) north of the capital Rome.