romegreeceart:Nereid (MANN)Statue from Vedius Pollio’s villa in Posillipo. Vedius Pollio was a wealt
romegreeceart:Nereid (MANN)Statue from Vedius Pollio’s villa in Posillipo. Vedius Pollio was a wealthy equestrian and a friend of Augustus, who had a luxury estate in Posillipo. Ovid tells us that it was like a city and he probably doesn’t exaggerate since within the premises there were a amphitheatre, an odeon and a huge, 700 meters long grotto.The latter is known as Grotto di Seiano since Tiberius’ right-hand man owned the villa after Vedius Pollio.https://www.napoliunplugged.com/pausilypon-visit-publius-vedius-pollios-villa.htmlPhoto: Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup Source: WikipediaThis file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. -- source link