The Villa Poppaea (aka 'Oplontis') is an ancient luxurious Roman seaside villa buried and preserved in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, like the nearby cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, The quality of the decorations and construction suggests that it was owned by the Emperor Nero.

Colour album of photographs of the ancient Roman town buried under ash and pumice in AD 79 whose villas were larger and more lavish than those at Pompeii as evidenced by the photographs of wall paintings and mosaics featured here.  Large format paperback.  64 pages. Text in English.