Esquiline Hill

Coordinates: 41°53′44″N 12°29′48″E / 41.89556°N 12.49667°E / 41.89556; 12.49667
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Esquiline Hill
One of the seven hills of Rome
Latin nameCollis Esquilinus
Italian nameEsquilino
RioneEsquilino
BuildingsDomus Aurea, baths of Trajan, nymphaeum misassociated with Minerva Medica
Ancient Roman religionTemple of Minerva Medica (non-extant)
Roman sculpturesDiscobolus
Map of Rome showing the Seven Hills and Servian Wall
The so-called "Temple of Minerva Medica", a nymphaeum

The Esquiline Hill (

Latin: Collis Esquilinus; Italian: Esquilino [eskwiˈliːno]) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome. Its southernmost cusp is the Oppius (Oppian Hill
).

A handbook of Rome and the Campagna (1899) (14762604401)

Etymology

The origin of the name Esquiline is still under much debate. One view is that the hill was named after the abundance of

Caelian were the most-populated areas of the city, whose inhabitants were considered inquilini
("in-towners"); those who inhabited the external regions – Aurelian, Oppius, Cispius, Fagutal – were considered exquilini ("suburbanites").

History

The Esquiline Hill includes three prominent spurs, which are sometimes called "hills" as well:[1]

  • Cispian (Cispius) – northern spur
  • Oppian (Oppius) – southern spur
  • Fagutal (Fagutalis) – western spur

Rising above the valley in which was later built the Colosseum, the Esquiline was a fashionable residential district.

According to Livy, the settlement on the Esquiline was expanded during the reign of Servius Tullius, Rome's sixth king, in the 6th century BC. The king also moved his residence to the hill in order to increase its respectability.[2]

The political advisor and art patron

Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
.

In 1781, the first known copy of the marble statue of a discus thrower – the Discobolus of Myron – was discovered on the Roman property of the Massimo family, the Villa Palombara, on the Esquiline Hill. The famous Esquiline Treasure, now in the British Museum, was found on the Esquiline Hill.

Namesakes

See also

References

  1. ^ Amanda Claridge: Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide, Oxford University Press, 2010, page 5
  2. Ab urbe condita
    , 1.44
  3. ISBN 0-06-430158-3
    .

41°53′44″N 12°29′48″E / 41.89556°N 12.49667°E / 41.89556; 12.49667

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