A 2,000-Year-Old Marble Mosaic Floor Emerges from the Sea in Italy
Around 100 B.C.E., wealthy Romans began building villas in the town of Baia, which sits on the Gulf of Naples. The region was considered superior to other outposts of the elite like Capri, Herculaneum, and Pompeii thanks to its relaxing, resort-like atmosphere and beautiful surroundings. It is also, however, in an area known in Italian as Campi Flegrei, or Phlegraean Fields, from the Greek meaning “burning earth.”
Campanian volcanic arc, which includes Mount Vesuvius, the peak that erupted and shrouded Pompeii in ash in 79 C.E. More
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