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Rione X Campitelli in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
 

Casa di Livia / House of Livia

 
 
Casa di Livia / House of Livia Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, June 14, 2023
1. Casa di Livia / House of Livia Marker
Inscription.  Una delle case tardo-repubblicane meglio conservate del Palatino è la casa denominata "di Livia" per via del ritrovamento, nei suoi sotterranei, di una conduttura idrica con inciso il nome della moglie di Augusto, Livia, che pertanto qui abitò. Tra gli ambienti conservati, posti al piano seminterrato, si distinguono una sorta di atrio, sorretto da pilastri in travertino, e quattro grandi sale aperte su di esso, decorate con pavimenti a mosaico e raffinati affreschi di Il stile. Sulle pareti sono raffigurate scene tratte dal mito e decorazioni di genere. Nell'ambiente centrale (cd. tablino) vi compare Mercurio, che libera lo, amata da Giove, dalla prigionia di Argo, e la ninfa Galatea, che fugge dall'innamorato Polifemo. Nel vano di sinistra (cd. ala) vi sono invece grifi alati e figure fantastiche, mentre, in quello di destra, un finto portico decorato da un fregio giallo con paesaggi impressionistici, da cui pendono festoni di foglie, fiori e frutti. Nell'ambiente laterale (cd. triclinio), infine, sono raffigurate finte architetture aperte su santuari campestri dedicati ad Apollo e Diana. Dall'atrio seminterrato, tramite una scala interna,
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si raggiungeva il piano superiore della casa, dove si conservano piccole stanze di servizio, tra cui probabilmente una cucina, con semplice pavimento in tegole (opera spicata) e allestimenti tipici come un pozzo, un bancone e una vasca. La casa, costruita intorno all'inizio del I secolo a.C., subì poco dopo diversi rifacimenti, alcuni dei quali possiamo forse attribuire a Livia, e dunque allo stesso Augusto.

English:
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
The view of the House of Livia Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, June 14, 2023
2. The view of the House of Livia Markers
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 Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Rione X Campitelli. Marker 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.
 
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
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(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 53 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 2, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.

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