The Villa Poppaea is an ancient luxurious Roman seaside villa located in Torre Annunziata between Naples and Sorrento, in Southern Italy. It is also called the Villa Oplontis or Oplontis Villa A. as it was situated in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis.
The villa was first built in the 50s BC and then enlarged in stages. The oldest part of the house centres around the atrium. During the remodeling, the house was extended to the east, with the addition of various reception and service rooms, gardens and a large swimming pool. This grandiose maritime villa is characterized by “rituals of reception and leisure” through both its physical space and its decoration.
Its original core comprised an atrium, public dining and other reception rooms, and smaller rooms. A kitchen, baths (later rebuilt for entertainment), a lararium, and a peristyle comprised the service area. Workrooms and dormitories on the upper floor for slaves, and a latrine and baths on the ground floor surrounded this peristyle.
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