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Misenum, ancient port of Campania, Italy, located about 3 miles (5 km) south of Baiae at the west end of the Gulf of Puteoli (Pozzuoli). Virgil in the Aeneid says the town was named after Aeneas’s trumpeter, Misenus, who was buried there. Until the end of the Roman Republic it was a favourite villa.
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Baiae (Italian: Baia; Neapolitan: Baia) was an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli.It was a fashionable resort for centuries in antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was reckoned as superior to Capri, Pompeii, and Herculaneum by wealthy Romans, who built villas here from 100 BC.
Misenum is one of the main settings in Robert Harris ' novel Pompeii, whose protagonist, Attilius, works as the aquarius at the Piscina Mirabilis (the reservoir to which the Aqua Augusta aqueduct connected). In the novel Ben-Hur, Misenum is the location of a villa owned by Quintus Arrius later bequeathed to his adopted son Judah Ben-Hur.
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VEI. 5. Impact. Buried the Roman settlements of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae. Deaths. 1,500–3,500, possibly up to 16,000 [1] [note 1] Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in Southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, [2] [3] which was one of the deadliest in history.
Misenum was an important military, naval harbour. It was constructed at the far west end of the Bay of Naples. Misenum took over the military role of Portus Iulius to the east, where the harbour was affected by silting. The new harbour was equipped with moles. The water supply was ensured by an aqueduct and a huge cistern, later nicknamed the ...
Feb 8, 2024 · February 8, 2024. The lavish first-century C.E. villa was located in the Roman military port city of Misenum. Italian Ministry of Culture. Archaeologists are investigating a 2,000-year-old villa ...
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