 Foreign, probably Italian, craftsmen had to be employed at this early period.This building was not unique in this area as the villa at Angmering was similar in many respects and suggests a number of aristocrats living in the area who must have used the same workforce.The full-size palace with four residential wings surrounding a formal courtyard garden of was built in around 75–80 AD and took around 5 years to complete, incorporating the proto-palace in its south-east corner.