Baiae, known in modern Italian as Baia, was a mineral springs and coastal resort on the north-west shore of the Gulf of Naples. It was fashionable during Antiquity, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic, when it was believed superior to Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Capri. Notorious for its hedoniism and rumours of corruption, it was later deserted and its ruins largely submerged by local volcanic activity. The most remarkable of these are colloquially known as the Temple of Mercury, the Temple of Venus, and the Temple of Diana.
