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World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF ITALY: Archeological Note

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Nero’s buried villa at Anzio was explored in jigtime last week. U.S. Army officers had heard that the Emperor had built an aqueduct from his Anzio villa to Rome, 30 miles away. It might be a way to get behind the German lines.

Engineers dug, found the passage. They also found that it ended 20 miles short of Rome.

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