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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stabiae. Stabiae (Latin: [ˈstabɪ.ae̯]) was an ancient city situated near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia...
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    near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to...
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    Origin and Situation of the Germans"). Pliny the Elder died in AD 79 in Stabiae while attempting the rescue of a friend and her family from the eruption...
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    Sorrento. Castellammare di Stabia lies next to the ancient Roman city of Stabiae, which was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The castle...
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    in 79 AD destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae and other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and...
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    on seaside slopes overlooking the Gulf of Naples at Baiae and those at Stabiae and the Villa of the Papyri and its library at Herculaneum preserved by...
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    Wall painting from Stabiae, of harbour of Stabiae or Puteoli, 1st century...
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    Renaissance times, and especially Roman artifacts from the nearby Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum sites. From 1816 to 1861, it was known as Real Museo Borbonico...
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    Roman discus thrower from Stabiae, Villa Arianna, 1st century AD...
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    of flowers and spring 1st-century fresco from the Villa di Arianna in Stabiae, depicting Flora or an allegory of spring Abode Elysium Symbols flower...
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    ancient sites—such as Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Paestum, Aeclanum, Stabiae, and Velia. The name "Campania" is derived from Latin; the Romans knew...
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    Cupid Seller is a 30 BC - 50 AD Roman genre fresco discovered in 1759 in Stabiae and now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. It shows a woman...
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    to the Social War; it seems to have joined in the revolt of 90 BC like Stabiae; and was reduced to obedience in the following year, when it seems to have...
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    (c. 1515) – Uffizi Perseus and the head of Medusa in a Roman fresco at Stabiae The replacement of Bellerophon as the tamer and rider of Pegasus by the...
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    Dionysus (Bacchus) and Demeter (Ceres), antique fresco in Stabiae, 1st century...
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    Eruption of Vesuvius occurs, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae under the ashes. 117: Roman Empire reaches its territorial peak. 166: Antonine...
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    Misenum, and Nisida. These are illustrated in a 1st-century fresco from Stabiae. Ancient glass flasks have been found that illustrate the Puteoli breakwaters...
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    (89 B.C. – 79 A.D.): Mortars, plasters and mosaic floors from ancient Stabiae (Naples, Italy)". Construction and Building Materials. 117: 129–143. doi:10...
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    A Roman fresco of a young man from the Villa di Arianna, Stabiae, 1st century AD...
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    Fresco of Minerva (helmeted figure on right) from the Villa San Marco, Stabiae (1st century AD)...
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    the same composition is seen in a painting from the Villa di Carmiano in Stabiae. The bottom half of the painting was found intact in the House of the Tragic...
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    Neptune and Amymone, fresco in Stabiae, Italy, 1st century...
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    system, Pliny's slaves would act as overseers. Herculaneum Misenum Pompeii Stabiae Melvyn Bragg (December 12, 2013). "Pliny the Younger". In Our Time (Podcast)...
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    Nefertari, 1295–1253 BC) Ancient Roman fresco of Flora, or Spring, from Stabiae (2nd century AD) Gorgan ceramic, Early 13th century In Ancient Egypt, green...
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    putti in Venditrice di amorini ("The seller of amorini"), 1st century, fresco, from Villa Arianna, Stabiae, National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy...
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    and the Gorgon, Camille Claudel, 1905 Roman Fresco of Villa San Marco in Stabiae. Perseus with Medusa's head, as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation...
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    At the same time, the Roman ruins of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, which were destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, are also...
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    shore of the Bay of Naples, and launched his galleys, crossing the bay to Stabiae (near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia). Pliny the Younger provided...
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    Købke, based on the mural Nereide su pantera marina from Villa Arianna, Stabiae. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Maenad and Fauns, 1902–1912, by...
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    back, he stated "Fortune favors the brave" and ordered him to continue to Stabiae (about 4.5 km or 2.8 mi from Pompeii), where Pomponianus was. Pomponianus...
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