Lake Avernus
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Lake Avernus is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegrae
Lago d'Averno 1
Lake Avernus and the Island of Capri by Richard Wilson, 1760
Benevento Arch of Trajan from South
Piscina Mirabilis 2010 by Ra Boe 19
Portus Julius
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Portus Julius was the first harbour specifically constructed to be a base for the Roman western naval fleet, the classis Misenensis. The port was located near Baiae and protected by the Misenum penins
Lake Avernus
…bathhouse was built on the eastern shore of the lake. In 37 BC, the Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa converted the lake into a naval base named the Portus Julius after Octavian. It was linked by a canal to a nearby lake (Lucrinus Lacus) and, from there, to the sea. The lake shore was also connected to the Greek…
Channel into the harbour
Submerged pila of the Roman harbour
Cape Miseno