Thomas Ashby, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2… (1911)
“ As far as can be seen at present, there are remains of only one villa on the island itself; [1] but along the coast a mile to the north-west a line of villas begins, which continues as far as Antium. To the south-east, on the other hand, remains are almost entirely absent, and this portion of the coast seems to have been as sparsely populated in Roman times as it is now. ”
