guy Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 (edited) Baiae was Rome’s resort town, now underwater in the Gulf of Naples. Recent excavations have discovered some stunning mosaics. https://www.newsweek.com/remarkable-roman-marble-mosaic-revealed-notorious-sunken-city-1928724 Edited July 27 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 (edited) It wasn’t until the late 1950s, with improvements in underwater exploration, that the submerged section of the Baiae site could be properly excavated. Here are two other articles on the recent discovery. Quote In its day, Baiae was a cloistered seaside getaway for Rome’s elite—and a debaucherous one at that. Home to a villa belonging to Julius Caesar as well as those of emperors Augustus, Nero, and Caligula, it was immortalized by the first century B.C.E. poet Sextus Propertius as “a vortex of luxury” and a “harbor of vice.” It wasn’t until 1940s, however, that Rome’s hedonist mecca was discovered under water in the Gulf of Naples. Letter (51) to Lucilius from Seneca the Younger on Baiae and Morals. https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_51 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-roman-ornate-mosaic-flooring-discovered-underwater-2515275 Divers Discover Mesmerizing Roman Mosaic Beneath the Sea (msn.com) Edited July 29 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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