COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 76 - Thermae Traiani Imperatoris in Monte Aventino Ad
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The baths of the Emperor Trajan on the Aventine Hill. The baths of Trajan were built on the site of Nero's Golden House with construction beginning around 104 AD and the dedication in 109 AD. These baths served as a model for later baths with hot, warm, cold, and exercise rooms and a swimming pool. Surrounding the baths was a garden with the outer area for libraries, lecture halls, and community centers. In Trajan's time, these baths were used primarily by women.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Terme di Traiano Imp.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Baths, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117.
Subject:
Baths of Trajan.
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.
