guy Posted September 4, 2023 Report Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) The extent of Vesuvius’ devastation AD 79 Unlike the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the seaside villa and port of Stabiae managed to be quickly rebuilt after the devastation of Vesuvius in AD 79 despite being only 10 miles from Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder died at Stabiae as a result of the eruption. The Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius (c AD 45-96) even wrote about a reborn Stabiae to his wife Claudia (in Silvae Book 3:5) Quote Vesuvius’ crater and that fatal mountain’s flow of fire has not Wholly depleted its towns of terrified citizens. Cities stand, Alive with people. There is Puteoli, founded under Apollo’s Auspices, its shoreline and harbour welcoming all the world, There Capua’s walls, that Capys filled with Teucrian settlers, You can visit the seductive shores of vaporiferous Baiae; Or the medicinal pools of Venae and renascent Stabiae? https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/StatiusSilvaeBkIII.php#anchor_Toc316636107 Here’s a short article about Stabiae: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/03/stabiae-the-roman-resort-buried-by-mount-vesuvius/137475 Here is a previous post about Stabiae: Edited September 4, 2023 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caesar novus Posted September 5, 2023 Report Share Posted September 5, 2023 My memory of that area is of shambles just before the Sorrento train dives into tunnels, so looked up status in wiki. I guess they are still digging and even offer free admission to some modest ruins. From satellite view it kind of looks like poorly rebuilt WW2 damage, but wiki sez ancient baths were demolished in 1956 and the ambitious restoral ran out of money. There is a vacant shipping port clinging to sea cliffs; maybe a Eurozone funded boondoggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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