Villa Augustea

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Villa Augustea
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“The so-called Villa of Augustus ( Latin : Villa Augustae ) is an ancient Roman villa in Somma Vesuviana that may have been owned by Augustus , the first emperor of Rome . In April 2024, archaeologists from the University of Tokyo claimed to have discovered the possible identity of the villa after…”
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The GuardianMay 23

The train is ‘my time machine’: a tour of Naples’ hidden ancient wonders

A new film about this corner of southern Italy reveals rarely visited villas, seismic landscapes and a ‘civilisation buried mid-sentence’ – all accessible by train One by one, the visitors descend through a tight tunnel cut through volcanic rock into the damp foundations of the Teatro Romano buried beneath Herculaneum, with the weight of 2,000 years of city above them. “This is a time machine,”…

Imperial estate where Emperor Augustus may have died

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