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  2. Villa Jovis - Wikipedia

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    Villa Jovis ("Villa of Jupiter ") is a Roman palace on Capri, southern Italy, built by Emperor Tiberius and completed in 27 AD. Tiberius ruled mainly from there until his death in 37 AD. [ 1 ] Villa Jovis is the largest of the twelve Tiberian villas on Capri mentioned by Tacitus. The entire complex, spanning several terraces and a difference in ...

  3. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Appian Way - Wikipedia

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    The Appian Way was a Roman road used as a main route for military supplies for its conquest of southern Italy in 312 BC and for improvements in communication. [7] [8]The Appian Way was the first long road built specifically to transport troops outside the smaller region of greater Rome (this was essential to the Romans).

  5. Amphitheatre of Pompeii - Wikipedia

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    1748, 1813-16 [1] The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatres. It is located in the ancient city of Pompeii, near Naples, and was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, that also buried the city of Pompeii and the neighbouring town of Herculaneum. Six bodies were found during the excavations.

  6. AD 62 Pompeii earthquake - Wikipedia

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    AD 62 Pompeii earthquake. On 5 February AD 62, an earthquake of an estimated magnitude of between 5 and 6 and a maximum intensity of IX or X on the Mercalli scale struck the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, severely damaging them. The earthquake may have been a precursor to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which destroyed the same two ...

  7. Travel: Remarkable artifacts reveal Pompeii history in ... - AOL

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    But in 79 A.D., in the Roman city of Pompeii at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, ... a virtual “fly-by” of the modern-day ruins and even a “4D” Eruption Theater offering the sights, sounds and ...

  8. Palazzo a Mare - Wikipedia

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    Palazzo a Mare (Italian: [paˈlattso a mˈmaːre]; translation: "Sea Palace"; alternative, Palatium) is a well-preserved ancient Roman archaeological site on the north side of the island of Capri, consisting of an imperial palace built by Augustus [1] and modified by Tiberius. [2] It was one of the supposed twelve villas of Tiberius on the ...

  9. Blue Grotto (Capri) - Wikipedia

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    The Blue Grotto (Italian: Grotta Azzurra) is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres (160 ft) into the cliff at the ...

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