Capri

:See also Capri (disambiguation)

Capri in Roman times

Tacitus records that there were twelve Imperial villas in Capri (or 'Capreae', as it was spelled in Latin). Ruins of one at Tragara could still be seen in the 19th Century. Suetonius reports that when the foundations for the villa were being excavated, giant bones and 'weapons of stone' were discovered, which Octavian Augustus ordered to be displayed in the garden of his main residence, the Sea Palace, one of the first displays of fossils.

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Tacitus - Suetonius - Octavian Augustus - Fossils

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Augustus's successor Tiberius also built a series of villas at Capri, the most famous of which is the Villa Jovis one of the best preserved Roman villas in Italy. In 27, Tiberius permanently moved to Capri, running the Empire from there until his death in 37. According to Seutonius, while staying on the island, Tiberius (accompanied by his grand-nephew and heir, Caligula) enjoyed performing numerous cruelties and sexual perversions upon their slaves.

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Tiberius - Villa Jovis - 27 - Empire - 37 - Caligula

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In 182, Emperor Commodus banished his sister Lucilla to Capri. She was executed shortly afterwards.

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182 - Commodus - Lucilla

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