Ventotene
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Ventotene is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Campania, Italy. It is the remains of an ancient volcano, and is part of the Pontine Islands. In Roman times it was known as Pandateria.
The island is elongated, with a length of 3 kilometres and a maximum width of about 800 metres. Santo Stefano is located 2 kilometres to the west, and Ponza is 40 kilometres to the east.
The island has 633 permanent residents, and had a prison that has been closed.
Best known as the island to which Emperor Tiberius banished his grand-niece Agrippina the elder in 29 AD. She starved herself to death, but it seems equally likely that she was starved on the orders of the emperor, October 18, 33 AD. After her son Gaius (better known as Caligula) became Emperor in 37 AD he went to Pandataria to collect her remains and brought them back to Rome.
External links
- Satellite Map of Ventotene (http://www.terraserver.com/imagery/image_gx.asp?cpx=13.435759368833207&cpy=40.79197033004607&res=15&provider_id=320&t=pan)it:Ventotene
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