![]() Its marble columns and capitals mark it out as being especially luxurious compared with others in this region that usually had stuccoed brick columns. It was sumptuously decorated with fine works of art. 2 Sabinus was elected to the consulship, with Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, in AD 9. A number of Poppaei are known from inscriptions. The Roman empress Poppaea Sabina was a descendant of this family, but few others achieved any prominence in the Roman state. 1 He enjoyed the friendship of the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius. The gens Poppaea was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome.Members of this gens first appear under the early Empire, when two brothers served as consuls in AD 9. The quality of the decorations and construction suggests that it was owned by the Emperor Nero, and a pottery shard bearing the name of a freedman of Poppaea Sabina, the second wife of the emperor Nero was found at the site, which suggests the villa may have been her residence when she was away from Rome and which gives it its popular name. Buried until its gradual discovery over the last four centuries, this huge and lavish palace has been associated on slender evidence with Poppaea Sabina. Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus Gaius Poppaeus Sabinus was a Roman senator (died AD 35), who served as consul in AD 9 with Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus as his colleague. Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash. ![]() It was buried and preserved in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, like the nearby cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, about 10 m (33 ft) below modern ground level. It is also called the Villa Oplontis as it was situated in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis. The 2000 years-old Roman Villa Poppaea with well-preserved frescos is an ancient luxurious seaside villa (villa maritima) located in Torre Annunziata between Naples and Sorrento. ![]()
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