Sunken Roman city now lies beneath the waves off of Italy | Daily Mail Online
Revealed: The sunken Roman city that was once the resort of the super rich but now lies beneath the waves with its treasures intact
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Revealed: The sunken Roman city that was once the resort of the super rich but now lies beneath the waves with its treasures intact
- Baiae was the Las Vegas for the super-rich of ancient Rome and was synonymous with luxury and wickedness
- But as the centuries passed, much of it was lost to the sea as volcanic activity caused the coastline to retreat
- The quickly retreating coastline forced all of Baiae under water and into the Gulf of Naples in modern-day Italy
- The site has since been re-discovered, 1,700 years after disappearing beneath the waves on Italy's west coast
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