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The Roman villa of Punta Eolo is a large ‘pavilion villa’ on the northern promontory of the island of Ventotene. It extends into the sea for about 300 m in length and 100 m in width, and covers an area of three hectares which surrounded a small harbour. Originally conceived as an otium villa, from 2 BC to 3 AD it became the place of exile of Iulia Maior, the daughter of the emperor Augustus, who had been sentenced for adultery. In the following decades the villa continued to be used as an imperial ‘prison’ for four female members of the imperial family. A large number of fragmentary frescoes, stuccoes, pavement revetments and Campana reliefs were brought to light in the residential area of the Villa during the archaeological excavations by G.M. De Rossi in the years 1990-2005. The present study is the outcome of a long and patient work of documentation and analysis of this material.

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Mariette de Vos Raaijmakers, BA and MA Utrecht, PhD Leiden is retired Full Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Trento, where she founded the Laboratorio di Archeologia e Scienze Affini. She has conducted archaeological fieldwork in Ostia, Pompeii, Solunto, Piazza Armerina, Rome, Tivoli, Isera, Tunisia, Algeria and Turkey. Her research focuses on domestic architecture, Roman wall painting, rural archaeology in Tunisia, Algeria and Cilicia. She is author of 184 scientific publications. Barbara Maurina is Archaeologist of the Superintendency for Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Province of Trento. She received her MA from University of Trento, and has completed post-degree courses at the Institute of Archaeology of University College London, an advanced degree at the University of Trieste and a PhD at the University of Siena. She has collaborated with universities, museums and institutes in Italy and abroad; and from 1988 archaeological campaigns in Africa, Britain, Greece and Italy, including the excavation of Ventotene Roma Villa. She is the author of more than 100 scientific publications.

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