Were the Romans the greatest civilisation ever? The remains of an immense villa near Port Talbot has revived debate over the achievements of this ancient empire.
Wales’s ‘Pompeii’ found under deer park
Roman rapture: The footprint of the villa (right) was beyond archaelogist Alex Langlands' (left) wildest dreams. Glossary
Archaeologist - A person who studies history through the excavation of sites and artefacts.
Port Talbot - A town in south Wales, near to Swansea.
Aqueducts - Bridges for water, often carrying canals over hollows or valleys.
Julius Caesar - A Roman general, politician, and dictator (100–44 BCE) who played a key role in the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He was stabbed to death by a group of Roman senators.
Minorities - Group of people from races, social groups, cultures etc that are distinct to most other people in the area or situation.
Danube - Europe's second-longest river, flowing from Germany to the Black Sea.
Silk Road - A network of Eurasian trade routes linking China to the West, running from the second century BC to the 15th Century AD.
Ottoman Empire - Also known as the Turkish empire, a huge empire that spanned southeast Europe, West Asia and north Africa from the 14th to early 20th Centuries.