In 476, Romulus Augustus, the last of the Roman emperors, was deposed and imprisoned near the Castel dell ‘Ovo (castle of the egg) which at that time was a fortified Roman villa.
Many Roman emperors – Claudius, Tiberius, …
Antiquity
Naples Foundation: the Greeks
The first settlers were Greek sailors from the island of Rhodes.
They settled on the islet of Megaride (that of the current castle of the egg – Castel dell’Ovo) then in the nearby hill of Pizzofalcone. The merchant colony …
Greek-Roman archeology in Naples
According to some ancient sources, during the 9th century BC, the navigators of Rhodes founded a commercial colony on the islet of Megaride (now Castel dell ‘Ovo) and on the hill of Pizzofalcone located behind, this one was named Partenope…
