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Archaeologists find birthplace of Roman emperor who built Colosseum

(11 Aug 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide excavation site 2. Medium archaeologists at work 3. Close up brush cleaning soil from room wall 4. Medium of workers taking away soil with wheelbarrows, professor Coarelli and wife on the side 5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Professor Filippo Coarelli from Perugia University, lead archaeologist in charge of excavations of Vespasian villa: "This year's excavation brought to light rooms of great importance, now visible, like those rooms featuring mosaic or opus sectile floors - the latter (art technique) using marble slabs, made of valuable marble coming from all over the Roman empire." 6. Medium professor Coarelli walking around the excavation site 7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Professor Filippo Coarelli, lead archaeologist, Perugia University: "Let's say that we are pretty confident that this is the villa where Vespasian was born - also given the fact that there are no other possible (hypothesis)" 8. Archaeologist Helen Patterson walking by 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Patterson, British School archaeologist: "Right in that area of the lake of Nero, which was for his private dwelling place, Vespasian built the Colosseum which is the most famous monument in Rome, and one of the most famous monuments in the world." 10. Medium archaeologists working at cleaning precious marble floors 11. Close up archaeologist working on excavation of a room 12. Wide exterior of venue hosting exhibition called "Divus Vespasianus - the Flavian dinasty's 2000th anniversary" 13. Medium of mould of Vespasian bust (the original was found in the villa and is now being restored as the nose was missing) 14. Close up mould bust of Vespasian face 15. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pierluigi Feliciangeli, Cittareale Mayor: "the accidental finding of this stone attracted the interest of important institutions like the Perugia University and the British School, who then decided to start excavations." 16. Medium of stone in a glass box which led to the decision to start archaeological excavations of Vespasian villa 17. Close-up stone with Latin inscriptions approximately describing the war of Rome against Italic populations during the year 90 BC - these are words of thanks to an important Roman soldier leader in a battle during such war 18. Excavation site, medium of what used to be the Calidarium, sauna room in Vespasian villa 19. Wide of remains of three rooms of the Vespasian villa STORYLINE Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometres) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, where lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli is still directing excavations. The 150,000-square-feet (14,000-square-metre) complex was at the centre of an ancient village called Falacrine, Vespasian's hometown. Even though there are no inscriptions to attribute it for certain, the villa's location and luxury make it likely it was Vespasian's birthplace, Coarelli said. The 1st-century residence features a well-preserved huge floor, decorated with luxurious marbles coming from several different locations in the whole Mediterranean area, which were at the time under Roman empire. The four-year excavation, which also turned up other ruins, including a necropolis burial ground, was carried out by a group of Italian and British archaeologists. Vespasian, whose full name was Titus Flavius Vespasianus, brought stability to the empire following turmoil under the extravagant Emperor Nero and a civil war among his successors. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...