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Villa Augustea

a Pleiades place resource

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The so-called “Villa of Augustus” at Somma Vesuviana was first discovered in the late nineteenth century. The villa has been shown to have survived the 79 CE eruption of Mt. Vesuvius but was eventually destroyed by a volcanic event in 472.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/652231747

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.8758366465, 14.4240718966

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Villa Augustea (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Villa Augustea (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- “Villa of Augustus” at Somma Vesuviana (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
villa

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Related:

Wikidata “Villa of Augustus” at Somma Vesuviana (Q98704264)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Villa Augustea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/652231747> [accessed: 12 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/652231747 |title=Places: 652231747 (Villa Augustea) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 12, 2026 9:02 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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