place
Puteoli
also: Pozzuoli
Major port on the bay of Campania (modern Pozzuoli), the landfall of the Alexandrian grain fleet that fed Rome.
Reading notes
- Natural Questions §3.20.3 Puteolan dust
Volcanic ash from Puteoli on the Bay of Naples (pozzolana) that sets to stone in water — the basis of Roman hydraulic concrete.