- Ventotene, was Roman Pandateria, and is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is a tiny Island, 0.61 mile (1 km) long and 0.43 mile (700m) wide.
- It is one of the Pontine Islands along with Gavi, Palmarola, Pomza, Santo Stefano and Zannone.
The Roman Sites
- A small Roman harbour carved out of the rock is still in use today.
Roman Place of Exile
- Ventotene was used as a place of Exile for prominent Romans.
- Julia the Elder (39 BCE- 14 CE)
- Augustus accused his only daughter of Adultery and Treason. She escaped Execution and instead was banished in 2 BCE to Ventotene for 5 years, accompanied by her Mother Scribonia.
- Augustus built an artificial harbour, chiselled out of the rock, to supply his exiled daughter, Julia the Elder. It is still in use.
- Agrippina the Elder (14 BCE-33 CE)
- Daughter of Julia the Elder: Tiberius Banished and imprisoned her for life in 29 CE, and she died and was buried there in 17 October 33 CE.
- After becoming Emperor in 37 CE, her son Caligula, went to Ventotene, and returned both with her ashes and those of his brother Nero. The urn containing her ashes was placed on the bows of a Bireme that ceremoniously rowed up the Tiber into Rome. The ashes were then placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus.
- Flavia Domitilla (d. 100 CE)
- Also known as Saint Flavia Domitilla, who was banished here in 95 CE on the Charge of Atheism for practising Christianity. She died in 100 CE.
Ventotene