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Italian archaeologists recently gained rare insight into life during Ancient Rome when they found a multi-story apartment building built decades before the birth of Jesus Christ.

The discovery was announced by the Special Superintendency of Rome on Aug. 4. Construction crews were digging in Rome's Piazza Venezia at the time as part of the Metro Line C subway project.

Officials say the structures spanned several eras of Italian history, as early as the end of the Republic period in the first century B.C.

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The site also contained homes from the Roman Imperial Era – the first to fourth centuries A.D. – as well as modern

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