Next stop on Rome's new underground: Hadrian's barracks

The living quarters and stables of the emperor's bodyguard will be incorporated into a station on the city's new metro line

Frescoed barracks which once housed the cavalry of the Emperor Hadrian's bodyguard have emerged into daylight after 19 centuries during excavations for a new underground train line in Rome.

Weapons rooms, dormitories, kitchens and stables where some of ancient Rome's finest troops once lodged now lie open to the sky near the Colosseum, where the Amba Aradam stop of the Metro C line is being dug.