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Photo courtesy of the Superintendency of Archaeology of Pompeii.

In the photo, the excavated Villa Arianna can be seen at the bottom, looking over the Bay of Naples. So far, half a dozen villas dating from the first century B.C. to the first century A.D. have been found at Stabiae. The dramatic volcano-like mound looming over the plain is not Mount Vesuvius but Monte Croce, part of the Monti Lattari chain.