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In the suburban area a further excavation campaign was undertaken on the villa of the so-called “Livia di Copenhagen”, near the ancient stadium. The funerary monument of one of the last owners of the villa was found abutting the structure enclosing the building complex that was decorated with niches and statues to emphasize the entrance on the via Domitiana. The inner nucleus, in opus caementicium, incorporated a strigilated sarcophagus, unfortunately already robbed of its tomb group, only worked on the front face and partially on the sides. The central almond shaped medallion showed a miniature relief of Eros and Psyche embracing; the sides showed the figures of the two deceased, done in the style of the second half of the 3rd century A.D. The man wears a toga and holds a volumen, the woman wears a tunic and cloak, holds a roll and is being led towards her husband by two Eroti. At the edges of the scene two schematically incised peacocks.
To be noted, the headless statue in Pentelic marble of a barbarian prisoner, of Julio-Claudian date, was recovered, unfortunately, as a sporadic find during work to restore the slope below the villa itself.
- Stefano De Caro - Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici delle province di Napoli e Caserta 
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- Costanza Gialanella - Soprintendenza dei Beni Archeologici delle province di Napoli e Caserta
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