Oplontis
Oplontis was an ancient place on the site of today's Torre Annunziata near Pompeii in the Italian region of Campania . It is shown on the Tabula Peutingeriana . Otherwise little is known about the settlement that was buried in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius .
In 1964 a very well-preserved villa , richly decorated with wall paintings, was excavated here, which is attributed to Poppaea Sabina , Nero's second wife . It had rich gardens with oleander , laurel and lemon trees . In addition, the villa of Lucius Crassius Tertius was uncovered , into which 74 people fled during the volcanic eruption, whose bodies were found here.
Presumably Oplontis was a villa settlement of wealthy Romans on the coastal road from Neapolis (Naples) to Surrentum .
literature
- Alfonso De Franciscis : The Pompeian wall paintings in the villa of Oplontis . Bongers, Recklinghausen 1975. ISBN 3-7647-0278-8
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Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelmina F. Jashemski : Ancient Roman gardens in Campania and Tunisia: A comparison of the evidence . In: The Journal of Garden History 16, 1996, p. 239, doi: 10.1080 / 01445170.1996.10435649 .
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E