Discoveries from the complex, which likely belonged to 'very wealthy' individuals, include hundreds of coins and miniature axes.
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable ancient Roman villa complex in Britain with a 'huge' number of artifacts, including a set of mysterious lead scrolls.The complex was unearthed at the site of a housing development called Brookside Meadows in the village of Grove, Oxfordshire County—located in southeastern England—the Red River Archaeology Group said in a press release.
'These complexes range from agricultural administration centers for an individual family to more grand complexes baths and temples, which may have been utilized by a wider community.'These types of complexes are the pinnacle of Roman society in Britain, showing a Romanization of the countryside with these centers of wealth managing large tracts of land,' he continued. 'These are not commonly found or excavated and often just a single large villa building.
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