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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 926 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIANNUTRI (Gr. 'Apreµlvcov,
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Lat. Dianium)
  , an island of Italy, about 1 sq. m. in
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total
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area, so m . S.E. of Giglio and about so m . S. of the promontory of
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Monte Argentario (see
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ORBETELLO) . The highest point is 305 ft. above sea-level . It contains the ruins of a large
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Roman
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villa, near the Cala Maestra on the E. coast of the island . The buildings may be divided into five groups: (I) a large cistern in five compartments, each measuring 39 by 17 ft.; (2) habitations both for the owners and for slaves, and store-rooms; (3)
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baths; (4) habitations for slaves; (5) belvedere . The brick-stamps found begin in the Flavian and end with the Hadrianic period . The villa may have belonged to the Domitii Ahenobarbi, who certainly under the republic had
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property in the island of Igilium (Giglio) and near
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Cosa . See G . Pellegrini in Notizie degli scavi (1900), 609 seq .

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