Editing Procida (section)

===Ancient history===
Some [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean Greek]] objects from the 16th to 15th centuries BC have been found on Procida. Traces have also been found on [[Vivara]], an islet off the southwest coast of Procida. The first historically attested [[Greek people|Greek]] settlers arrived from the Aegean to this island during the 8th century BC, followed by other Greeks of [[Magna Graecia]] coming from nearby [[Cuma (Italy)|Cuma]].

The island is mentioned by the Roman satirist, [[Juvenal]], in Sat. 3, 5, as a barren place. Later, during [[Roman Empire|Roman rule]], Procida became a renowned resort for the [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patrician]] class of Rome.