Submerged thermal baths found in Gulf of Naples

Roman Baths Linked to Cicero Discovered in Ancient Sunken City of Baiae, Italy

Thermal baths of the sector of Sosandra, Baiae, Italy. Credit: Mentnafunangann / CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists in Italy have completed the underwater excavation of a remarkably preserved thermal bath complex in the ancient Roman city of Baiae, once one of the empire’s most luxurious coastal resorts. The site lies three meters (10 feet) below the surface in Zone B of the Baia Underwater Park, part of the sunken remains of Portus Iulius in the Gulf …

Submerged thermal baths found in Gulf of Naples

Archaeologists have discovered a preserved Roman bathhouse in the partially submerged ruins of Baiae on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples. During antiquity, Baiae was a popular Roman resort visited frequently by many notable Roman figures, including Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (also known as Pompey the Great), Julius Caesar, Gaius Marius, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus. The town had a reputation for a hedonistic life…

SCIENCE & TECH: Speculation of Cicero's Lost Baths Discovered in Sunken Roman City – U-S-NEWS.COM

Beneath three meters of crystalline water in the Gulf of Naples, underwater archaeologists have spotted a remarkably preserved Roman thermal complex, potentially belonging to the villa of the legendary orator Cicero. It has emerged from the submerged ruins of Baiae – once the most decadent and exclusive resort in the Roman Empire. The exceptional find, located within Zone B of the Parco Archeologico Sommerso di Baia, represents one of the most s…

Submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae may be part of Cicero’s villa

Three meters underwater in the Gulf of Naples, archaeologists found a remarkably preserved Roman bathhouse in the submerged ruins of Baiae, the Roman Empire’s most notorious resort. The discovery, in Zone B of the Parco Archeologico Sommerso di Baia, could be the first physical evidence of the villa of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous Roman […]