ROME -- Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under ... The ships are submerged between 330 to 490 feet off Ventotene, a tiny island that is part of an archipelago ...

From the Roman emperor Augustus, who banished his daughter to the neighboring island of Ventotene, to the Fascist regime, which deported here those it deemed enemies of the state, rulers ...

In 2009, a team of marine archeologists carrying out a sonar survey of the seabed around the remote Italian island of Ventotene made an astonishing discovery. The wrecks of five ancient Roman ...

The island is a two-hour ferry ride away – one hour in hydrofoil – from the city of Formia, just one hour by train away from both Rome and Naples. Ventotene has been inhabited since Roman ...

Ventotene is a small volcanic island and a bonafide undiscovered gem. It is steeped in history, with Roman ruins, picturesque beaches and a charming harbour. You can visit the Roman villa of ...

The island of Ventotene, an ancient volcano off the coast ... the island has been famed since Roman times, when it was known as Pandataria, and housed emperor Augustus’s daughter, Julia the ...

In early 1940s, during a period of confinement on the island, three men - Altiero Spinelli, Ernesto Rossi and Eugenio Colorni - produced the so-called Ventotene Manifesto, one of the texts widely ...