Castel dell'Ovo is a seafront castle in Naples, located on the former island of Megaride, now a peninsula, on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The castle's name comes from a legend about the Roman poet Vi
The castle seen from the west
The entrance to Castel dell'Ovo from the north
The northern battery had six cannons.
Romulus Augustus, nicknamed Augustulus, was Roman emperor of the West from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. Romulus was placed on the imperial throne while still a minor by his father Orestes, th
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Castel dell'Ovo or castellum Lucullanum in Naples in southern Italy, where Romulus Augustus lived following his deposition in 476. This is a more recent structure than the one to which he was exiled.
Tremissis of Romulus Augustus
Tremissis of Julius Nepos (r. 474–475/480), Romulus Augustus's predecessor