The development of modern infrastructure not only transforms the present but also allows for the rediscovery of the past. This has been demonstrated by the recent archaeological findings recorded during the excavations for the construction of the new high-speed and high-capacity (AV/AC) Naples-Bari railway line. These discoveries, which have emerged at various points along the […]
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Piscina Mirabilis, the Impressive Roman Water Reservoir as Large as a Basilica
In the year 27 B.C., Marco Agrippa, the general and close friend of Emperor Augustus, established the base of the Roman fleet, known as the Classis Misenensis, at the Portus Iulius (Port Julius) in Misenum. It was situated at the western end of the Gulf of Pozzuoli near Naples, and from there, when he was […]
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The Residence of the Prefect of the Roman Tyrrhenian Fleet, from where Pliny the Elder would have seen the Vesuvius Eruption, uncovered
In an area already protected by ministerial archaeological restrictions due to the density of ancient testimonies scattered around Punta Sarparella, in Bacoli, from the entrance to the Roman theater of Misenum, passing through the sacellum of the Augustales, to the inner basin of the ancient port, an archaeological discovery of excepcional importance has been made. […]
