place
Herculaneum
Campanian town on the Bay of Naples; Caligula razed a fine villa there because his mother had once been held prisoner in it.
Reading notes
- On Anger §3.21 Herculaneum
Campanian town on the Bay of Naples; Caligula razed a villa there over his mother's imprisonment.
- Natural Questions §6.1.1 Herculanean
Of Herculaneum, the coastal town near Pompeii, partly thrown down by this quake.