Misenum and around the Bay of Naples in 79 AD at the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples The black cloud represents the general distribution of ash and cinder (the pyroclasts). Tephra is air-fall material produced by a volcanic eruption regardless of composition or fragment size Modern coast lines are shown.

Misenum is the site of an ancient port in Campania, in southern Italy. Campania is a region of Southern Italy in Europe. The region has a population of around 5 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It is located on a cape on the northwest end of the Bay of Naples, at modern Miseno. The Gulf of Naples is located in the south western coast of Italy ( Province of Naples, Campania region

History

According to mythology, Misenum was named after Misenus, a companion of Hector and trumpeter to Aeneas. In Greek mythology, Misenus was a name attributed to two individuals In Greek mythology, Hectōr ( "holding fast" or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the This article is about the Roman hero For other uses see Aeneas (disambiguation. Misenus is supposed to have drowned near here after a trumpet competition with the sea-god Triton, as recounted in Virgil's Aeneid. Triton (Τρίτων gen Τρίτωνος is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep Publius Vergilius Maro ( October 15, 70 BCE &ndash September 21, 19 BCE later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or For the group of nine Ancient Egyptian deities see Ennead. The Aeneid (əˈniːɪd in

In 38 BC, Misenum was the site where a short-lived pact was made between Octavian (heir of Julius Caesar, who later became the emperor Augustus), and his rival Sextus Pompeius. Year 38 BC was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was

In ancient times, Misenum was the largest base of the Roman navy, since its port (Portus Julius) was the base of the Classis Misenensis, the most important Roman fleet. The Roman Navy ( Latin: Classis, lit "fleet" comprised the naval forces of the Roman state Portus Julius (alternately spelled in the Latin "Iulius" was the home port for the Roman western imperial fleet the classis Misenensis, named for nearby Cape The classis Misenensis ("Fleet of Misenum " later awarded the honorifics praetoria and Pia Vindex, was the senior fleet of the imperial It was first established as a naval base in 27 BC by Marcus Agrippa, the right-hand man of the emperor Augustus. Year 27 BC was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Agrippa redirects here For other uses of the name see Agrippa (disambiguation. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was

With its gorgeous natural setting close to the naval base and the nearby important Roman cities of Puteoli and Neapolis, Misenum became the site of Roman luxury villas. Pozzuoli is a city of the Province of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania. Neapoli or Neapolis (Νεάπολις πόλις 'new city' may refer to the following places Cities In Greece: A Roman villa is a Villa that was built or lived in during the Roman republic and the Roman Empire.

View of modern Capo Miseno, on the site of ancient Misenum.

Pliny the Elder was the praefect in charge of the naval fleet at Misenum in AD 79, at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, visible to the south across the Bay of Naples. Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: "make in front" i Year 79 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples Seeing the beginnings of the eruption, Pliny left for a closer view and to effect a possible rescue, and was killed by the eruption. The account of his death is given by his nephew Pliny the Younger, who was also resident in Misenum at the time. Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61/63 - ca

In fiction

Misenum is one of the main settings in Robert Harris' novel Pompeii, whose protagonist, Attilius, works as at the Piscina Mirabilis (the terminal reservoir into which the Aqua Augusta aqueduct emptied). Robert Dennis Harris (born March 7, 1957 in Nottingham) is a best-selling English Novelist. Pompeii is a Novel by Author and Journalist Robert Harris published by Random House in 2003. The Piscina Mirabilis was a freshwater cistern on the Miseno cliff at the western end of the Gulf of Naples, southern Italy. The Aqua Augusta or Serino Aqueduct was a Roman aqueduct which supplied water to eight cities in the Bay of Naples, including Pompeii, Stabiae