Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

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The site included part of the first-century city wall and three houses. The oldest of these houses was Roman, occupied until the third century; the second and third houses were Byzantine.