News Main Animals Archaeology Dinosaurs Earth History Human Animal Space Tech   Vasco Fronzoni |   Triton Dating to the 1st century A.D., Italy's Blue Grotto cave was used as a swimming pool by the Emperor Tiberius (42 B.C. - 37 A.D.), and newly found statues there are depictions of sea gods. This statue is the Greek god Triton, who was the son of Poseidon (Neptune, for the Romans), god of the sea. | Discovery News Video   « back to article

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