A city as illustrious and ancient as Rome is bound to have a few Hidden Ruins. In the late 1990s, a team of archaeologists unearthed an ancient Roman apartment complex surrounded by stately pools that was located underground in close proximity to Rome’s magnificent Trevi Fountain. When the site was discovered, the most exciting revelation was that there were subterranean pools fed by Aqua Virgo—which is the same aqueduct that supplies water to the Trevi Fountain. The archaeological site was christened Vicus Caprarius, or “City of Water.” Archaeologists determined that—in addition to serving as an apartment complex that functioned as […]

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