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

Le Costruzioni di Caligola
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Caligula's Constructions

Photographed by James Hulse, March 4, 2024

1. Le Costruzioni di Caligola / Caligula's Constructions Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Italian:
La chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua si installò negli ambienti che costituiscono l'ampliamento della domus tiberiana verso il Foro, ambienti realizzati da Caligola (37-41 d.C.) e, successivamente, rifatti da Domiziano (81-96 d.C.). Per la loro posizione strategica, essi rivestirono sempre un ruolo importante di collegamento tra il Foro e il soprastante Palazzo imperiale. Nella zona Caligola dedicò il tempio in onore del divo Augusto, aperto sul vicus Tuscus, e costruì al di sopra un ponte che collegava arditamente il Palatino con il Campidoglio. I testi precisano che dietro al tempio di Augusto, di solito identificato nella grande Aula occidentale, c'era la biblioteca, da situare verosimilmente negli spazi dell'attuale atrio e della chiesa. Delle costruzioni di Caligola, distrutte dagli incendi del 64 e dell'80 d.C., non resta quasi nulla, tranne una grande vasca rettangolare rivestita di marmo nell'ambiente dell'Atrio. Qui se ne può oggi leggere il perimetro, ridisegnato sul piano del pavimento domizianeo da Giacomo Boni, che nello scavo rinvenne anche numerose sepolture.

English:
The church of Santa

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Maria Antiqua was installed in rooms added to enlarge the domus tiberiana towards the Forum. The rooms were built under Caligula (AD 37-41) and subsequently renovated by Domitian (AD 81-96). Given their strategic location, they always played an important role linking the Forum with the imperial palace above. Nearby Caligula dedicated the temple in honour of the deified Augustus opening onto the vicus Tuscus, and built a bridge above the temple audaciously connecting the Palatine with the Capitoline. The texts tell us that behind the temple of Augustus, usually identified as the large western Hall, was the library, probably occupying the spaces of the current atrium and church. Virtually nothing survives of the structures built by Caligula, destroyed in the fires of AD 64 and 80, with the exception of a large rectangular basin clad in marble in the Atrium. Here its perimeter has been redrawn on the Domitianic floor level by Giacomo Boni who discovered during the excavation also many burials.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 37 CE.

Location. 41° 53.474′ N,

Photographed by James Hulse, March 4, 2024

2. Le Costruzioni di Caligola / Caligula's Constructions Marker

12° 29.149′ E. Marker is in Roma, Lazio (Latium, Rome), in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale. It is in Rione X Campitelli. It is on Via dei Fori Imperiali. The marker is located in the Santa Maria Church courtyard. 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 Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La vista del Foro Romano / The view of the Roman Forum (here, next to this marker); L'atrio Nel Medioevo / The Atrium in the Middle Ages (a few steps from this marker); Il Complesso Domizianeo / The Domitianic Complex (a few steps from this marker); S. Maria Antiqua / Ancient Church of Saint Mary (a few steps from this marker); Tempio dei Dioscuri / The Temple of the Dioscuri (within shouting distance of this marker); Atrium Vestae / Hall of Vesta (within shouting distance of this marker); Ponte di Caligola / Bridge of Caligula

The view of the marker in the Santa Maria Church courtyard image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 4, 2024

3. The view of the marker in the Santa Maria Church courtyard

(within shouting distance of this marker); Decorazioni in Stucco / Stucco Decorations (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 January 23, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.

Le Costruzioni di Caligola⎯⎯⎯Caligula's Constructions

Le Costruzioni di Caligola
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Caligula's Constructions