OPLONTIS - Another Victim Of Vesuvius's Rage - 79AD

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VILLA POPPAEA

OPLONTIS -
MODERN TORRE ANNUNZIATA









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Oplontis was a town near Pompeii, Italy.

On August 24, 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried it under a layer of ash.

It is today the location of the Villa Poppaea, the villa of the wife of the Emperor Nero, which was excavated in the middle of the twentieth century and is open to the public.

A second villa, the Villa of L. Crassius Tertius, was discovered in 1974, 250m east of the Villa of Poppaea, during the construction of a school. It was named following the finding of a bronze seal bearing the aforementioned name.

The name Oplontis most likely refers to the baths in the area of Oncino, but today the name commonly covers the group of villas in the middle of the modern town of Torre Annunziata.

A large number of artifacts come from Oplontis are preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.

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POPPAEA







The villa is a large structure situated in the Roman town of Oplontis (the modern Torre Annunziata), about
ten metres below the modern level. It was owned by the Emperor Nero, and used by his second wife Poppaea Sabina, as her main residence when not in Rome.

The archeological evidence suggests that at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79, the villa was empty, being in the process of rebuilding and redecoration, possibly in the aftermath of the earthquake of 62.

Nero had killed Poppaea in 65; according to Suetonius, by kicking her in the abdomen when she was in late pregnancy.

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Villa at Oplontis: Plan

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Instructions:

To walk through specific rooms or regions of the Villa of Oplontis, click on a room or region in the plan.



N.B.:

Not all rooms on this plan have corresponding images.

Please consult the list of available views underneath the plan to be sure you have seen all there is to see.


http://www.indiana.edu/~leach/c409/oplan.html

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