Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Roman Empire contained many villas which were rather like country houses (though villas in cities were known) often with associated farms. The emperor Hadrian had a villa at Tibur (today: Tivoli) (123 AD) which was more like a palace. Cicero had several villas. Some of the known Roman villas are: Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, Italy Fishbourne palace villa in West Sussex, England Lullingstone villa in Kent, England Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.