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TIL The Basilica of Saint Clement in Rome, built in 1100, has levels that span millennia. The Basilica sits on top of an early 4th cent. church, which sits on top of a Mithraeum cavern/temple from 1st/2d cent. All built on the foundation of Republic-era house destroyed in in the Great Fire of 64

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