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    Oplontis is an ancient Roman archaeological site, located in the town of Torre Annunziata, south of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. The...
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    Italy. It is also called the Villa Oplontis or Oplontis Villa A. as it was situated in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis. It was buried and preserved in...
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    (2014). Oplontis: Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Torre Annunziata, Italy. Volume I: The Ancient Setting and Modern Rediscovery. New York: The Oplontis Project...
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    woman who used intrigues to become empress. The large Villa Poppaea at Oplontis near Pompeii bears her name because of the archaeological finds there....
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    Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, and several other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of...
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    of the city. At the same time, the Roman ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, which were destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in...
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    Villa Poppaea at Oplontis (c. 50 BC)...
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    ISBN 978-1-108-32703-9 "PompeiiinPictures". Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, Oplontis and areas. 2022-09-26. "Torna a splendere il verde di Pompei: viaggio tra...
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    Vesuvius: Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis. The Roman navy (based at Misenum), commanded by Pliny the Elder, evacuates...
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    asphyxiating any living beings who had remained behind. Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Oplontis received the brunt of the surges and were buried in fine pyroclastic deposits...
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