Misenum

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Roman naval base ancient Roman town settlement

Misenum was an important ancient Roman naval base and coastal town located at the northwestern end of the Bay of Naples in Italy.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman naval base → ancient Roman town → settlement →
associatedWithEvent	eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 →
associatedWithPerson	Pliny the Elder →
coordinateSystem	Earth →
country	Ancient Rome →
function	main base of the Roman imperial fleet in the western Mediterranean → naval headquarters of the classis Misenensis →
hasArchaeologicalSite	remains of Roman villas → remains of cisterns → remains of harbor works → remains of military installations →
hasFeature	Roman villas → aqueducts → cisterns → harbor installations → large natural harbor → lighthouses → naval arsenals → protected anchorage →
hasStructure	Piscina Mirabilis →
language	Latin →
locatedAt	northwestern end of the Bay of Naples →
locatedIn	Campania → Italy →
locatedOn	Bay of Naples →
mentionedIn	Pliny the Younger’s letters →
militaryBranch	Roman navy →
modernLocation	Miseno (frazione of Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy) →
namedAfter	Cape Misenum → Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas) →
near	Baiae → Cumae → Puteoli →
partOf	Phlegraean Fields region →
Piscina MirabilisFunction	terminal cistern of the Aqua Augusta aqueduct →
presentStatus	archaeological site → tourist destination →
region	Tyrrhenian Sea coast →
roleInEvent	base from which Pliny the Elder launched rescue mission in AD 79 →
servedBy	Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) →
significance	important coastal town in Roman Campania → principal naval base of the western Roman fleet →
timePeriod	Roman Empire → Roman Republic →
usedBy	Roman Empire → Roman Republic →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Agrippina the Younger → Tiberius →	deathPlace
Roman navy →	garrisonedAt
Baiae →	locatedNear