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Villa of Herodes Atticus
37.4160° N, 22.6855° E
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Villa of Herodes Atticus is an ancient Roman villa located on the outskirts of Doliana and near Astros in Arcadia, Greece. It was near the ancient city of Eva. It was developed between the 1st and 5th centuries by the family of Herod Atticus, a Greek rhetorician famous for his fortune and his actions of public patronage. The villa is one of the main vestiges of Roman villa architecture in Greece.
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First villa erection
1st century
Estate active through late antiquity
4th–5th centuries
Major expansion and second phase
c. 165
Partial destruction at end of 4th century
Late 4th century
Conversion and craft reuse in early 5th century
5th century
Collapse of the monument
856
Monastery of the Transfiguration founded
12th century
Rediscovery by William Martin Leake
1809
Association with Herodes Atticus established
1906
Archaeological designation declared
1962
Excavations led by Steinhauer and Faklaris
1978
Field campaigns in the 1980s
1984–1989
Salvage excavations in the 1990s
1990s
Protection works
end of 2000s
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