Horti Agrippinae
The Horti Agrippinae (Gardens of Agrippina) was a luxurious villa-estate belonging to Agrippina the Elder in ancient Rome. It was located on the west bank of the river Tiber[1] where St. Peter's Basilica is now, and extended to the river where a terrace with a portico was built.
It was built on the Ager Vaticanus, the alluvial plain outside the city walls which was developed at the end of the first century BC,[2] allowing patrician families to construct luxurious private residences (Horti).[3]
Her son
Apostle Peter, who was crucified in the circus. He was buried in the nearby necropolis on Via Cornelia and in the centuries that followed his tomb became a place of pilgrimage. In 324, Constantine the Great therefore had the first St. Peter's Basilica
built on the grounds of the Horti Agrippinae and on the circus.
The horti also included the
Palazzo dei Penitenzieri.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Seneca, De ira III 18.4
- ISBN 978-88-04-11896-1p 311
- ISBN 978-88-492-3320-9p 21
- ^ Philo, On the Embassy to Gaius II 572
- ^ Tacitus, Annales XV 39.2, 44.5
- ^ Edoardo Sassi (26 July 2023). "Ritrovato a Roma il leggendario Teatro di Nerone" (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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