Archaeologists in Italy unearthed a massive hall where an emperor and knights partied some 2,000 years ago. The hall, discovered by researchers at the Università di Napoli L’Orientale in Naples, was located in the seaside home of Vedio Pollione, a Roman knight and politician who lived in the 1st century BCE, according to the school.

Located on a cliff in Posillipo, an elite suburb in the city 150 miles south of Rome, it was known for its parties attended by Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. Pollione and Augustus had a falling out, but when Pollione died in 15 B.C., he left his lavish residence to Augustus, who renovated it.