Baths of Decius

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The present-day Casale Torlonia.

The Baths of Decius (Latin: thermae Decianae) were a

Santa Prisca, on the Vigna Torlonia, under piazza del Tempio di Diana (named after the Temple of Diana) and the Casale Maccharini Torlonia, which includes remains from the baths. Some other ruins of the baths also survive [further explanation needed
].

Earlier buildings on the site have also left remains, which can be seen in the basement of the Casale Torlonia and under the piazza del Tempio di Diana. These buildings show something like

opus quasi reticulatum, with traces of a decorative scheme of painted stucco imitating marble in the Pompeian First Style, the oldest evidence of this style in Rome, dating to the last quarter of the 2nd century BC. Another building on the site is lavishly decorated with mosaics and wall-paintings showing masks, flowers and landscapes. It dates to the Trajanic
period and may have been the Privata Traiani, Trajan's private residence before he became emperor, which is known to have been in the area, or one of Decius' own residences.

The main source for the appearance of the Baths of Decius is a plan made by

.

See also

References

  1. ^ Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus, XXIX, 1.
  2. ^ Cassiodorus ad a. 252; Chron. min. II.147: his consulibus (Gallio et Volusiano) Decius Romae lavacra publica aedificavit quae suo nomine appellari iussit; Eutrop. IX.4: Romae lavacrum aedificavit; Chron. a. 354, I.147: hoc imperatore thermae Commodianae (an evident error for Decianae) dedicatae sunt; Not. Reg. XIII; CIL XV.7181: in Aventino in domo Potiti v. c. ad Decianas; cf. BC 1887, 266, 293; 1893, 240-241
  3. ^ portfolio 15, pl. 81; LR fig. 210

Bibliography

  • Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, rev. Thomas Ashby. Oxford: 1929, p. 526-527.

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