Rione X Campitelli in Roma in Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Latium, Rome, Italy — Central Italy (Tyrrhenian Coast)
Terme di Elagabalo
l'edificio con cortile
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Baths of Elagabalus
the courtyard building
Photographed by James Hulse, March 4, 2024
1. Terme di Elagabalo / Baths of Elagabalus Marker
L'edificio in laterizio, oggi ben riconoscibile, sostituisce l'horreum adrianeo, abbattuto per far posto alla nuova costruzione. Ha la forma di una C ed è costituito da una serie di ambienti disposti su due piani intorno a un lungo cortile. Il complesso è delimitato su tre lati da strade (sopravvive solo la moderna via Sacra), mentre il quarto lato sfrutta il muraglione sostruttivo della terrazza della Vigna Barberini, area in cui nella stessa età era in costruzione il grande tempio che Elagabalo dedicherà qualche anno dopo al dio di Emesa.
Questa possente struttura in blocchi di travertino, alta 30 m, spessa 2,50 m e lunga oltre 100 m, è stata completamente asportata in età postantica. Al suo posto è oggi un vialetto che individua un 'vuoto' (lo spazio della strada) corrispondente a un 'pieno' (il muraglione) non più esistente. I 15 pilastri collegati da arcate, addossati a questo contrafforte, animavano scenograficamente il cortile, dotato al centro di una vasca. Sul lato opposto compaiono due file di vani di uguali dimensioni, separati da un unico muro maestro, che si aprono rispettivamente sulla
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Le modifiche del IV secolo d.C. e il ritrovamento, nelle strutture che si insediano nel cortile durante il VI-VII secolo d.C., di uno straordinario gruppo di elementi scultorei in marmo (ritratti, busti, statue), in parte coevi a questa costruzione, mettono ora in dubbio una sua destinazione utilitaria e commerciale, accreditando altre ipotesi, come ad esempio quella di una schola, cioè di una sede di un collegio o di una corporazione di natura civile o militare.
Didascalie
Ortofoto con sovrapposizione in rosso dell'edificio con cortile di età severiana e del muro di sostruzione della terra terrazza a di Vigna Barberini; in azzurro il condotto fognario e la vasca
This brick building, now clearly identifiable, replaced the Adrianic horreum, demolished to make way for the new building. C-shaped, it consists of a series of rooms arranged on two floors around a long courtyard. The complex is bordered on three sides
Photographed by James Hulse, March 4, 2024
2. Terme di Elagabalo / Baths of Elagabalus Marker
The marker is the right marker of the two markers
This buttress was built out of travertine blocks and was 30 m high, 2.40 m thick and over 100 m long. It was completely dismantled in the post-ancient age. In its place today is a walk way that identifies a "void" corresponding to a "solid" that no longer exists. The 15 pillars connected by arches abutting against this wall scenographically enlivened the courtyard, with a decorative basin in the middle. On the opposite side there are two rows of rooms of the same size, separated by a single main wall, which open respectively onto the public street (shops/tabernae) and the courtyard. Two larger rooms covered by a cross vault are at the corners of the block (offices, archives). The function of the rooms facing the courtyard might have been different: it was previously suggested that it was a warehouse (horreum), in continuity with the one that preceded it.
The changes in the 4th century AD and the discovery, in the structures installed in the courtyard in the 6th/7th century AD, of an extraordinary group of marble sculptures (portraits, busts, statues), partly coeval with this construction, now cast doubt on the suggested utilitarian and commercial function, crediting other hypotheses, such as that of a schola, a meeting hall of a civil or military collegium.
Captions
Orthophoto with superimposed in red the building with the courtyard from the Severan period and the supporting wall of the Vigna Barbarini; in blue the drainpipe and water tank
Erected by Parco Archeologico del Colosseo.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Anthropology & Archaeology.
Location. 41° 53.419′ N, 12° 29.365′ 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 on 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: A different marker also named Terme di Elagabalo / Baths of Elagabalus (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Terme di Elagabalo / Baths of Elagabalus (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Terme di Elagabalo / Baths of Elagabalus (a few steps from this marker); Sostruzioni della Terrazza di Vigna Barberini / Substructures of the Barberini Vineyard Terrace (a few steps from this marker); Arco di Tito / Arch of Titus (within shouting distance of this marker); Veduta Dell'arco di Tito / View of the Arch of Titus (within shouting distance of this marker); Podio di un Tempio / Podium of a Temple (within shouting distance of this marker); Arch of Titus / Arco di Tito (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). 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 . . . Roma Turismo. Parco Archeologico del Colosseo (Submitted on January 26, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 27, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
