Caprae

This island, more exactly the today Villa Jovis called villa, was used since Tiberius Iulius Caesar Augustus as an emperor residence.

The villa comes from the time of Augusuts. The today visible structures occupy a surface of 7'000 m2. The original complex was however much bigger and included also forests, gardens and nymphaes.

The differences in height of the ground were used for different stories. The villa was entered through two vestibulum. The second served as an entry to the different housing spaces.

The servant accommodations occupy a big part. These comprise at least four floors. Three of that are to make out still well.

The thermal spring area was built in two phases. The lower floor comes from the time of Augustus, the upper one from the time auf Tiberius.

The cisterns occupy a big part. This approximately quadratic part was subdivided in four aisles, these again in four rooms.

The imperial accommodations had private and representation rooms. A semicircular room sticks especially out. Its purpose is not sure. Presumably it was used for the political activity.

A ramp leads to a narrow and long one room. This served as a loggia. Some rooms supplied with cisterns border at that.

A brick building west of the house was identified as a specularium of Trasillus, the astrologer of Tiberius. South of the house a lighthouse stands. This was built at the time of Tiberius as a watchtower.

With the Grotta Matermània it is a question of a source or water shrine.

On the island a further villa is to be seen from this era - the villa Damecuta.

The Scala Fenicia was built already in pre Roman time. Among a steep footpath it was the only path between Anacapri and Capri until 1874.

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