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everything having doubtless been grubbed up by the owner who 
considered them a “perfect nuisance” and “impediments to 
vegetable growth.” 
The villa, thus partly exposed by the various excavations that 
have taken place on its site, must have been one of very considerable 
size, as it measured at least 174 feet from east to west and 216 feet 
from north to south. 
It was built on the courtyard plan; but whether the south side 
