Baiae
Americannoun
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Once upon a time, a soothsayer had scoffed that the boy had no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding across the Bay of Baiae on horseback.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2015
In a gesture designed to appear conciliatory, Nero invited his mother, Agrippina, to join him at a festival in Baiae, a resort town near present-day Naples.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
Last week Archaeologist Amadeo Maiuri of the National Museum in Naples formally opened to the public a partially excavated Baiae.
From Time Magazine Archive
From about the time Julius Caesar was a problem child, Baiae, a few miles north of modern Naples, was Rome's ritziest seaside resort.
From Time Magazine Archive
The luxury and immorality of the life of Baiae under both the republic and the empire are frequently spoken of by ancient writers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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