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Pozzuoli was founded in 529-528 b.C. and called Dikaiarchia (or the right government) by colonists of Samos who were exiled by the tyrant Policrate. In 421 b.C. it was conquered by the Samnites and then by the Romans who called it Puteoli for the abundance of hot springs. It got one of the most powerful Mediterranean harbours; it was indeed the principle harbour in Campania until the end of the Empire.
It was connected to the Appian way by Domitian and to Rome through the Domitian way, which was finished in 95 a.C. During the Barbarian invasions, Pozzuoli was sacked by Alarico (410), Genserico (455) and Totila (545); it was then abandoned by its population that took shelter in Naples.
Pozzuoli is a town in the Phlegrean Fields; it has a crater of a vulcanus which is a typical example of the so called solfatara phase.

Amphitheatre Serapis Temple The Temple of Neptune Solfatara Saint Gennaro