Pandateria

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Pandateria, now known as Ventotene, is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea historically used by the Romans as a place of exile for disgraced or politically inconvenient members of the imperial family.

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Pandateria canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
place of exile
archipelago Pontine Islands
associatedWith Augustus
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Tiberius
belongsTo Italian Republic
coordinateSystem WGS84
surface form: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84)
country Italy
distanceFromIschia about 50 km west of Ischia
distanceFromMainland about 40 km off the Italian coast
governedBy Comune di Ventotene
hasApproximateArea about 1.5 square kilometres
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasCulturalReference symbol of political exile in Roman history
hasFeature rocky coastline
small natural harbor
volcanic origin
hasHighestPoint about 139 metres above sea level
hasHistoricalRole site of imperial family scandals
hasHistoricalStructure Roman cisterns
Roman remains
hasModernMunicipality Ventotene (comune)
hasModernNameLanguage Italian
hasPopulationCharacteristic small permanent population
historicalFunction confinement of politically inconvenient persons
historicalPeriodOfProminence early Roman Empire
languageOfName Latin
locatedIn Italy
Lazio
Tyrrhenian Sea
modernName Ventotene
modernNameMeaning Ventotene
nearbyIsland Santo Stefano
notableExile Agrippina the Elder
Claudia Octavia
Julia the Elder
Octavia Minor
partOf Pontine Islands
presentUse marine protected area
tourist destination
province Province of Latina
sea Tyrrhenian Sea
usedAs penal island
place of exile for members of the imperial family
usedDuring Roman Empire

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claudia Octavia placeOfDeath Pandateria
Claudia Octavia banishedTo Pandateria
Ventotene historicalName Pandateria