We will be thinking dreaming and breathing statistics in this volume To ensure we retain a balanced perspective on life I refer you to the famous American Robert Frost s well known poem The Road Not Taken see end of this article With apologies to Robert Frost rather than focusing on roads not taken we shall brie y consider instead roads we have taken or The Roads Traveled over the year journey ...

Introduction In 1752 antiquity hunters were tunneling down into a large villa on a hill overlooking Herculaneum and the Bay of Naples when they made the discovery of manuscripts. This villa probably once belonged to the wealthy Roman aristocrat Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, a well-known Roman politician, who was a patron of Epicurean philosophers. The villa was lost from history in A.D. 79...

Far away, along the main walkway of the villa, we can see the park's café, which has just been renewed. We remember it as it was before, a residue of the 50s, with paint coming off the walls, the metal counter, the uncomfortable chairs and the small, round tables. We have never been there since it was renewed. Before that, prices were just too high and the quality too low. The only interesting ...

The Roman villa of Pisões (Beja, Portugal) was part the Lusitanian colony Pax Iulia. This place stands out for predominance water element in several structures villa, highlighting balneum and large natatio, one largest known Hispania. records initial excavations that took beginning 1967 do not allow establishment clear functionalities villa. University Évora, owner site, conceived an action pla...