Rione X Campitelli in Roma in Cittΰ metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
Casa di Livia
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House of Livia
One of the best-preserved late Republican houses on the Palatine is that known as the "House of Livia" due to the discovery in its cellars of a water conduit with the name of Augustus' wife Livia stamped on it; she must therefore have lived here. Among the surviving rooms, on the basement storey, are a sort of atrium supported by travertine pillars with four large rooms opening onto it adorned with mosaic floors and refined II style wall paintings. On the walls are scenes drawn from myth and genre paintings. In the central room (the so-called tablinum) are Mercury freeing lo, loved by Jupiter, from imprisonment by Argus, and the nymph Galatea fleeing the enamoured Polyphemus. In the left-hand room (the so-called wing) are winged griffins and other fantastic creatures whilst the right-hand room has a painted portico decorated with a yellow frieze with fantasy landscapes from which hang festoons of leaves, flowers and fruit. The side room (the so-called triclinium) is painted with illusionistic architectures opening onto rural sanctuaries dedicated to Apollo and Diana. The sunken atrium gave access via an internal staircase to the upper storey of the house where small service rooms survive, probably including a kitchen with a plain tiled floor (opus spicatum) and typical facilities like a well, a counter and a basin. The house, built in around the early 1st century BC was altered several times shortly afterwards; some of these alterations can perhaps be attributed to Livia and thus to Augustus himself.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Anthropology & Archaeology.
Location. 41° 53.364′ N, 12° 29.136′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Cittΰ metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Rione X Campitelli. It is at the intersection of Via Sacra and Via Nova on Via Sacra. The marker is located south of the Arch of Titus in the park at Palatine Hill. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roma, Lazio 00186, Italy. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire and specifically also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cisterne Arcaiche / Archaic Cisterns (a few steps from this marker); Giardini e Vasca Ovale / Gardens and Oval Pool (a few steps from this marker); Ambienti Di Servizio / Service Rooms (a few steps from this marker); Complesso Santuariale e Domestico Augusteo / Augustan Sanctuary and Residential Complex (a few steps from this marker); Criptoportico Neroniano / Neronian Cryptoporticus (within shouting distance of this marker); Palatino: Alle Origini del Sacro / The Palatin Hills: the Origins of the Sacred (within shouting distance of this marker); Tempietto / Small Temple (within shouting distance of this marker); Tempio di Victoria / Temple of Victoria (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Roma.
More about this marker. The marker is located in the Parco Archeologico del Colosseo (Roman Forum Archaeological Park) and it does require an entry fee to visit.
Also see . . . Parco Archeologico del Colosseo. Roma Turismo (Submitted on August 2, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 2, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 261 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 2, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.

