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Anzio city, sea and tourism
In ancient Antium was for a long period of population Volsci capital, until it was absorbed into the Roman state. The city was home to Cicero when he returned from exile, we reorganized the remnants of his library, wishing them a safe place. The most eminent Romans built beautiful villas on the beach. The emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, visited frequently and Maecenas had a villa there.
For Antium born emperors Caligula and Nero. This established a colony of veterans in town and built a new port, whose ruins still exist. Remains of Roman villas are numerous along the coast: works of art such as the Girl of Anzio, the Borghese Gladiator, now in the Louvre, and the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican were all discovered in the ancient patrician houses Antium. Of these the most famous was that of Nero can not be identified with certainty, although it is generally located near the so-called Arco Muto, where remains are the ruins of a theater. The residence of Emperor stretched on the Cape d'Anzio along a coastline of about eight hundred meters and was built on the site of a former villa where Augustus had received a delegation from Rome to be acclaimed Pater Patriae. Nero wanted to build a decent house in size and magnificence of its status as emperor. After the death of Nero Caesar Romans used it all up to the Severi. The famous temple of Fortune, quoted in Horace Odes, no trace remains. The ancient center of Lavinium, which was legendary founder, Aeneas, has nothing to do with the current Lavinio. It seems you found instead in the immediate vicinity of Pratica di Mare, now belongs to the municipality of Pomezia. The resort is located on the same coast, about twenty miles north of Anzio, then closer to Rome.
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Anzio city, sea and tourism
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In ancient Antium was for a long period of population Volsci capital, until it was absorbed into the Roman state. The city was home to Cicero when he returned from exile, we reorganized the remnants of his library, wishing them a safe place. The most eminent Romans built beautiful villas on the beach. The emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, visited frequently and Maecenas had a villa there. For Antium born emperors Caligula and Nero. This established a colony of veterans in town and built a new port, whose ruins still exist. Remains of Roman villas are numerous along the coast: works of art such as the Girl of Anzio, the Borghese Gladiator, now in the Louvre, and the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican were all discovered in the ancient patrician houses Antium. Of these the most famous was that of Nero can not be identified with certainty, although it is generally located near the so-called Arco Muto, where remains are the ruins of a theater. The residence of Emperor stretched on the Cape d'Anzio along a coastline of about eight hundred meters and was built on the site of a former villa where Augustus had received a delegation from Rome to be acclaimed Pater Patriae. Nero wanted to build a decent house in size and magnificence of its status as emperor. After the death of Nero Caesar Romans used it all up to the Severi. The famous temple of Fortune, quoted in Horace Odes, no trace remains. The ancient center of Lavinium, which was legendary founder, Aeneas, has nothing to do with the current Lavinio. It seems you found instead in the immediate vicinity of Pratica di Mare, now belongs to the municipality of Pomezia. The resort is located on the same coast, about twenty miles north of Anzio, then closer to Rome.
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