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Is Chedworth a Typical Roman Villa? A villa is a country house, usually consisting of farm buildings and living quarters. Villas were typically used for agriculture but they also could have had other uses such as leisure. In a villa you would typically find bath houses, mosaics, courtyards, sometimes farm quarters, living quarters and corridors. I am going to compare Chedworth Villa with other Roman villas to determine whether it was a typical or an atypical villa. Chedworth was situated in between Cirencester and Glouster. It was situated built in a sheltered valley with access to a natural spring. Chedworth was also built near to the Fosse Way trade route. This linked towns such as Glevum and Corinium together. "One factor that was dominant in their choice of sites: their distance from the town. Villas were working farms and therefore had to be in contact with their...

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