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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Misenum canonical	13
Misenum (town in Campania)	1

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	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: 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	Gulf of Naples ⓘ surface form: Bay of Naples
mentionedIn	Pliny the Younger ⓘ surface form: Pliny the Younger’s letters
militaryBranch	Roman navy ⓘ
modernLocation	Bacoli ⓘ surface form: Miseno (frazione of Bacoli, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy)
namedAfter	Cape Misenum ⓘ Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas) ⓘ
near	Baiae ⓘ Cumae ⓘ Puteoli ⓘ
partOf	Phlegraean Fields volcanic system ⓘ surface form: 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 (14)

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

Tiberius → deathPlace → Misenum ⓘ

Roman navy → garrisonedAt → Misenum ⓘ

Agrippina the Younger → deathPlace → Misenum ⓘ

Baiae → locatedNear → Misenum ⓘ

Classis Misenensis → headquartersLocation → Misenum ⓘ

Classis Misenensis → namedAfter → Misenum ⓘ

praefectus classis → associatedWithPlace → Misenum ⓘ

Via Domitiana → passesNear → Misenum ⓘ

Cape Misenum → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Misenum ⓘ

Misenus (mythological trumpeter of Aeneas) → eponymOf → Misenum ⓘ

subject surface form: Misenus

this entity surface form: Misenum (town in Campania)

Piscina Mirabilis → locatedNear → Misenum ⓘ

Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) → endPoint → Misenum ⓘ

Aqua Augusta (Serino aqueduct) → supplied → Misenum ⓘ

Regio I Latium et Campania → contains → Misenum ⓘ