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Misenum was an important military, naval harbour. It was constructed at the far west end of the Bay of Naples. Misenum took over the military role of Portus Iulius to the east, where the harbour was affected by silting. The new harbour was equipped with moles. The water supply was ensured by an aqueduct and a huge cistern, later nicknamed the ...
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According to mythology, Misenum was named after Misenus, a companion of Hector and trumpeter to Aeneas. Misenus is supposed to have drowned near here after a trumpet competition with the sea-god Triton, as recounted in Virgil 's Aeneid. With its gorgeous natural setting and the nearby important Roman cities of Puteoli and Neapolis, Misenum ...
Feb 8, 2024 · February 8, 2024. The lavish first-century C.E. villa was located in the Roman military port city of Misenum. Italian Ministry of Culture. Archaeologists are investigating a 2,000-year-old villa ...
Mar 4, 2010 · Misenum was the largest base, Portus Julius, of the Roman navy, since it was the base of the Classis Misenensis, the most important Roman fleet. It was first established as a naval base in 27 BC by Marcus Agrippa, the right-hand man of the emperor Augustus. Misenum emerged, with Ravenna, as one of the major ports for the Roman Imperial Navy in ...
Jan 12, 2024 · Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman villa complex on the shoreline of Miseno in the northwestern end of the Bay of Naples. During the Roman period, Miseno was a large port known as Misenum (named after Misenus, a companion of Hector and trumpeter to Aeneas), later serving as the primary port for the Classis Misenensis, the senior fleet of the imperial Roman navy.
The Western Roman fleet was now based in Misenum. 22,000 oarsmen and troops plus families, dockyard and support workers, and patricians lived here. They needed a secure supply of fresh water. The Augusta was a small aqueduct by Roman standards providing 3,000 cubic metres a day.
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MISE ´ NUM ( Μισηνόν ), was the name of a remarkable promontory on the coast of Campania (MISENUM PROMONTORIUM, Tac. Ann. 14.4; sometimes also MISENI PROMONTORIUM, Liv. 24.13; τὸ Μισηνὸν ἄκρον, Strab.; Capo di Miseno ), together with the adjacent port (PORTUS MISENUS, Flor. 1.16 ), and a town which grew up adjoining it ...
