Lavish frescoes discovered at Villa di Poppea, linked to Nero’s wife, reveal elite Roman luxury

Archaeologists excavating the Villa di Poppea at Oplontis, near the modern town of Torre Annunziata, have found astonishing frescoes that shed more light on the luxury and refined artistry of one of the most famous Roman villas that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE...

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