Lucrinus Lacus, or Lucrine Lake, a lake of Campania, Italy, about three kilometers (two miles) to the north of Lake Avernus, and only separated from the sea (Gulf of Pozzuoli) by a narrow strip of land, traversed by the coast road— Via Herculanea, which runs on an embankment, the construction of which was traditionally attributed to Heracles in Strabo's time— and by the modern railway. Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Lake Avernus (or Lago d'Averno in Italian) is a volcanic Crater lake located in the Campania region of southern Italy, In the Geography of Italy, the Gulf of Pozzuoli west of Naples is a small indentation in the coastline in the northwestern end of the Gulf of Naples. In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. This strip was severed by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, in order to make a harbour of Lake Lucrinus, which he joined to Avernus by a canal. Agrippa redirects here For other uses of the name see Agrippa (disambiguation.
The size of present-day Lago di Lucrino, the maricello ("little sea") was much reduced by the rise of the crater of the Monte Nuovo in 1538. Monte Nuovo is a Cinder cone Volcano within the Campi Flegrei Caldera. The length of the former dike that separated it from the sea, a length of about one-and-a-half kilometers, can be traced by skin divers. Its greatest depth is about 5 m (15 ft). In Roman days its fisheries were important and its oyster-beds were, as at the present day, renowned; their foundation is attributed to one Sergius Orata, about 100 BC. The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of Bivalve Mollusks most of which live in marine habitats or Brackish water. Sergius Orata (fl c 95 BC was a Roman merchant and hydraulic engineer who was famous during the Roman Republic. It was also in favour as a resort for pleasure excursions from Baiae (cf. Martial i. Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial) (March 1 40 AD - ca 62), and its banks were covered with villas, of which the best known was Cicero's villa Cumanum, the seat of his Academia, on the east bank. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman The remnants of this villa, with the village of Tripergola, disappeared beneath the sea in 1538. Lucrinus Lacus, or Lucrine Lake, a lake of Campania, Italy about three kilometers (two miles to the south of Lake Avernus, and only separated from In 59 Agrippina the Younger proceeded to her villa on this lake's shore after the shipwreck arranged by Nero was bungled, and she had managed to swim ashore. Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor ( Latin for the ‘younger’, Classical Latin: IVLIA•AGRIPPINA from the year 50
References
- J Beloch, Campanien, ed. 2 (Breslau, 1890), 172.
- Mario Sirpettino "At the bottom of the sea: the remains of Portus Julius"
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