The segment focuses on Messalina, wife of the Emperor Claudius, who owned a villa on the site of Villa Medici. We catch a glimpse of tunnels and rooms beneath the villa, which were used by Ferdinando de' Medici to imprison Asian slaves when they weren't at work on a garden meant to evoke Mount Parnassus.
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Caption 7 [en]: Given the opportunity, Claudius took direct possession of the site by Imperial deed. Caption 7 [it]: Con l'occasione, Claudio prese diretto possesso del luogo, rogiti imperiali.
A guided exploration of seabed flora and fauna that live, against all odds, in a volcanic environment.
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Caption 15 [en]: without light and in such direct contact with a live volcano, Caption 15 [it]: privo di luce e a così diretto contatto con un vulcano attivo,