Roman Maritime Villas: Architecture and Aquaculture

When considering Roman luxury maritime villas, the Bay of Naples comes readily to mind, but in fact southern Latium was key for the development of the maritime villa typology. The coastline between the settlements of ancient Ardea to the north (mod. Ardea) and Sinuessa to the south (mod. Mondragone) was densely occupied since the mid-|Republic. Fourteen villasites dating to the first half of the 2nd century BC are known along the southern coast of Latium, while Campania had only four