Villa Poppaea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Anika Campbell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Anika Campbell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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A seaside villa located in Oplontis, possibly owned by Emperor Nero, based on decorations, date of construction, and pottery fragments inscribed with the name of a freedman of Poppaea Sabina.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60021200
40.7571164987, 14.452853019
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Villa Poppaea (100 BC - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Villa A (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Villa di Poppea (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Villa Poppaea located at Oplontis (unspecified date range)
- Villa of L. Crassius Tertius located east of Villa Poppaea (unspecified date range)
villa, estate
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Anika Campbell, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Villa Poppaea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60021200> [accessed: 13 June 2026]
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