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Vespasian's Villa
The emperor's house, if it was ever there.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- No visible remains
- Legend from
- Local tradition
- Tone
- Curious
An emperor's holiday home on Chichester Harbour. The story is there, the villa isn't.
Tradition holds that the Roman emperor Vespasian kept a house at Bosham. Remains popularly thought to be his villa are said to lie at the Stone Wall in the parish. There is no evidence, but Roman and earlier pottery and tile show the area was occupied.