THE ROMAN TOWN PUTEOLI 



moored when they brought their wares to the 

 town of Puteoh. I have here made a drawing 

 of the town and the great pubHc palace as it 

 must have appeared in Roman times (Fig. 21). 

 In the distance is the island of Nicida ; in the 

 foreground we have the palace and the town, the 



Fig. 21. — Puzzuoli or Puteoli in tlie tune of the Roman Empire 

 (third century). The dock and pubhc buildings are repre- 

 sented. 



quay and harbour. Things existed thus in the 

 days of the Roman empire, in the third century 

 of our era. Then earthquakes occurred, the 

 columns were broken, the city sank beneath the 

 sea. We have no written history of this town. 

 But it is known that in the Middle Ages, in the 



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