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A stretch of modern Rome’s eastern periphery has just produced an unusually rich glimpse of the city’s Republican past: a pair of rock-cut chamber tombs, a roadside shrine that may relate to Hercules, and two enormous cisterns or pools whose purpose is still being debated. The finds come from preventive excavations at Parco delle Acacie 2, along Via di Pietralata in the Pietralata district - proof that the “ordinary” suburbs can still hold evidence from the centuries when Rome was becoming a Mediterranean power writes Heritage Daily . Unearthed 'Tomb of Cerberus' Features Pristine Frescoes from the Underworld Opulent Tombs & Untold Wealth Revealed at Newly Found Roman Necropolis Tomb A and Tomb B: Elite Burials and an Unexpected Medical