Identified from the Tabula Peutingeriana, a twelfth-century copy of a Roman map, ancient Oplontis was a seaside town, located five kilometers to the west of Pompeii. Today the site is occupied by the modern town of Torre Annunziata. To date, archaeologists have identified three different ancient sites: Oplontis A, B, and C. The focus of the Oplontis Project is the study of Villa A—sometimes called the villa of Poppaea owing to its possible association with the family of Nero’s second wife, Poppaea Sabina—and Villa B, also known as the Villa of L. Crassius Tertius. From 2006 to 2011, the Oplontis Project focused on the study and publication of Villa A. Since 2012 the Oplontis Project team has undertaken study and publication of Villa B.