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4 POMPEIANA.
Nueeria, and the produce of the fertile plain
south of Vesuvius.
In the Peutingerian tables, the distances
of the neighbouring towns are thus stated :
Neapolis to Herculaneum . xi *
Herculaneum to Oplontis . vi
Oplontis to Pompeii . . in
Pompeii to Nuceria . . . xn
Oplontis to Stabia . . . . m
Stabia to Pompeii . . . . in
Pompeii is thus made twenty miles di-
stant from Naples; and if no better guide
than these very inaccurate tables was con-
sulted, it is not surprising that its true site
should have been unknown, even to Clu-
verius; though a very slight examination
of the spot, where a considerable quantity
of Koman brickwork was always visible,
ought to have enabled him to ascertain it:
1 This in the original tables must be an error for VI.
Nueeria, and the produce of the fertile plain
south of Vesuvius.
In the Peutingerian tables, the distances
of the neighbouring towns are thus stated :
Neapolis to Herculaneum . xi *
Herculaneum to Oplontis . vi
Oplontis to Pompeii . . in
Pompeii to Nuceria . . . xn
Oplontis to Stabia . . . . m
Stabia to Pompeii . . . . in
Pompeii is thus made twenty miles di-
stant from Naples; and if no better guide
than these very inaccurate tables was con-
sulted, it is not surprising that its true site
should have been unknown, even to Clu-
verius; though a very slight examination
of the spot, where a considerable quantity
of Koman brickwork was always visible,
ought to have enabled him to ascertain it:
1 This in the original tables must be an error for VI.