In
the Miseno area many villas were built before it became a military port; one in
particular is described by Fedro, a writer of fables: “constructed on top of
the hill by Lucullus, on one side it looks out over the sea of Sicily and on the
other over the Tyrrhenian sea”. The grotta della Dragonara (Dragonara cave) is
perhaps the reservoir of this villa, belonging to Caio Mario, head of the
democratic party, and according to Tacitus, it was the place where the emperor
Tiberias died.
(The Dragonara Cave) – M. Sadeler – XV11 century