COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 68 - Thermae Antonianae (Apud Aedem S. Sixti)
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
Baths of Antoninus. Emperor Antoninus was better known as Caracalla, and so his baths are known more commonly by that name. The ruins of the baths are well preserved with many of the mosaics in tact. Building began in around 212 AD. The baths had 4 levels, 2 above ground and 2 below. There were cold. tepid, hot, steam, and open air baths available and the baths could accommodate 1600 people at one time in the various baths.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Terme D'Antonino Caracalla.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Baths, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Caracalla, Emperor of Rome, 188-217.
Subject:
Baths of Caracalla
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
