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Regio XIII Aventinus
The Regio XIII Aventinus is the thirteenth 14 regions of Augustan Rome, regio of imperial Rome, under Augustus's administrative reform. Regio XIII took its name from the hill which dominated the region, the Aventine Hill, Aventine. Geographic extent and important features Regio XIII not only contained the Aventine Hill, but also the plain in front of it. In extent, this region was bordered by the Tiber River to the west, the Circus Maximus to the north, the ''Vicus Piscinae Publicae'' and the Via Ostiensis to the east, and the Aurelian Walls to the south. Its principal gate through the walls was the Porta Ostiensis. A measurement taken at the end of the 4th century recorded that the perimeter of the region was 18,000 Roman feet (approximately 5.3 km). The region contained a number of temples, including the Temple of Diana (Rome), Temple of Diana (reportedly built by the king Servius Tullius), the Temple of Minerva (Aventine), Temple of Minerva and the Temple of Juno Regina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Juno Regina (Aventine)
The Temple of Juno Regina (Latin: ''templum'' or ''aedes Iuno Regina'') was a temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome. A temple was vowed to "Juno, Queen of Veii" by Marcus Furius Camillus on his conquest of Veii. It was built in 396 BCE and dedicated on September 1. It held a statue of the goddess brought from Veii by Camillus - the temple was later noted for its gifts, sacrifices and miracles and was restored by Augustus, but is not mentioned in any post-Augustan sources. It was on the upper part of the ''clivus Publicius'' - two inscriptions relating to the lustral procession of 207 BC are preserved in the Santa Sabina basilica (CIVI, 364and CIVI, 364. See also *List of Ancient Roman temples This is a list of ancient Roman temples, built during antiquity by the people of ancient Rome or peoples belonging to the Roman Empire. Roman temples were dedicated to divinities from the Roman pantheon. Substantial remains Most of the be ... External links Juno Regina Thayer's {{Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balnea
In ancient Rome, (from Greek , "hot") and (from Greek ) were facilities for bathing. usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed in great numbers throughout Rome. Most Roman cities had at least one – if not many – such buildings, which were centers not only for bathing, but socializing and reading as well. Bathhouses were also provided for wealthy private villas, town houses, and forts. They were supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or within cities by aqueduct. The water would be heated by fire then channelled into the caldarium (hot bathing room). The design of baths is discussed by Vitruvius in ''De architectura'(V.10) Terminology '','' '','' '','' and may all be translated as 'bath' or 'baths', though Latin sources distinguish among these terms. or , derived from the Greek signifies, in its primary sense, a bath or bathing-vessel, such as most persons of any c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrea
A ''horreum'' (plural: ''horrea'') was a type of public warehouse used during the ancient Roman period. Although the Latin term is often used to refer to granaries, Roman ''horrea'' were used to store many other types of consumables; the giant Horrea Galbae in Rome were used not only to store grain but also olive oil, wine, foodstuffs, clothing and even marble.Lawrence Richardson, ''A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', p. 193. JHU Press, 1992. By the end of the imperial period, the city of Rome had nearly 300 ''horrea'' to supply its demands. The biggest were enormous, even by modern standards; the Horrea Galbae contained 140 rooms on the ground floor alone, covering an area of some 225,000 square feet (21,000 m²).David Stone Potter, D. J. Mattingly, ''Life, Death, and Entertainment in the Roman Empire'', p. 180. University of Michigan Press, 1999. The amount of storage space available in the public ''horrea'' can be judged by the fact that when the emperor Septimius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domus
In Ancient Rome, the ''domus'' (plural ''domūs'', genitive ''domūs'' or ''domī'') was the type of town house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras. It was found in almost all the major cities throughout the Roman territories. The modern English word ''domestic'' comes from Latin ''domesticus'', which is derived from the word ''domus''. The word in modern Slavic languages means "home" and is a cognate of the Latin word, going back to Proto-Indo-European. Along with a ''domus'' in the city, many of the richest families of ancient Rome also owned a separate country house known as a villa. Many chose to live primarily, or even exclusively, in their villas; these homes were generally much grander in scale and on larger acres of land due to more space outside the walled and fortified city. The elite classes of Roman society constructed their residences with elaborate marble decorations, inlaid marble paneling, door jamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aedicula
In ancient Roman religion, an ''aedicula'' (plural ''aediculae'') is a small shrine, and in classical architecture refers to a niche covered by a pediment or entablature supported by a pair of columns and typically framing a statue,"aedicula, n." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, September 2020www.oed.com/view/Entry/3077 Accessed 29 September 2020."aedicule, n." ''OED Online'', Oxford University Press, September 2020www.oed.com/view/Entry/3079 Accessed 29 September 2020 the early Christian ones sometimes contained funeral urns. Aediculae are also represented in art as a form of ornamentation. The word ''aedicula'' is the diminutive of the Latin ''aedes'', a temple building or dwelling place. The Latin word has been Anglicised as "aedicule" and as "edicule". Classical aediculae Many aediculae were household shrines (lararia) that held small altars or statues of the Lares and Di Penates. The Lares were Roman deities protecting the house and the family household gods. The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid Of Cestius
The pyramid of Cestius (in Italian language, Italian, ''Piramide di Caio Cestio'' or ''Piramide Cestia'') is a Roman Era pyramid in Rome, Italy, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery, Rome, Protestant Cemetery. It was built as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation. It stands at a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the approximate line of the modern Via Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome. Physical attributes The pyramid was built about 18–12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great Collegium (ancient Rome), religious corporations in Rome, the ''Epulones, Septemviri Epulonum''. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation. The pyramid measures 100 Pes (unit), Roman feet (29.6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Testaccio
Monte Testaccio (; alternatively spelled Monte Testaceo; also known as Monte dei cocci) is an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of ''testae'' ( it, cocci), fragments of broken ancient Roman pottery, nearly all discarded amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire, some of which were labelled with '' tituli picti''. It is one of the largest spoil heaps found anywhere in the ancient world, covering an area of at its base and with a volume of approximately , containing the remains of an estimated 53 million amphorae. It has a circumference of nearly a kilometre (0.6 mi) and stands 35 metres (115 ft) high, though it was probably considerably higher in ancient times.Claridge, Amanda (1998). ''Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide'', First, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 367–368. J. Theodore Peña, ''Roman pottery in the archaeological record'', p. 300–306. Cambridge University Press, 2007. It stands a short distance away from the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Pistorium
Located most likely on the Aventine Hill, the Forum Pistorium or the forum of the bakers numbered as a ''forum venalium'' of ancient Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... This forum is mentioned only in the ''Regionary Catalogues'' as belonging to '' regio XIII'', placing it most likely at the southern end of the Aventine. References Pistorium {{AncientRome-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 108 BC)
Servius Sulpicius Galba (fl. 2nd century BC) was a Roman Senator who was elected consul in 108 BC. Biography Sulpicius Galba, a member of the Patrician '' gens Sulpicia'', was the eldest son of Servius Sulpicius Galba who was consul in 144 BC. It has been speculated that his name was the second one recorded on a ''Senatus consultum'' that was passed in 112 BC; however, the name has been preserved only in fragments. After his election as Praetor in around 112 or 111 BC, Sulpicius Galba was appointed the governor of Hispania Ulterior, just as his father had been in 151 BC. He replaced Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, who had died while serving in Spain. By 109 BC he had finished his term in office. In 109 BC, Sulpicius Galba was elected consul along with Quintus (or Lucius) Hortensius. However, before they took office in 108 BC, Hortensius was prosecuted and condemned for some unknown offence. Hortensius was replaced by Marcus Aurelius Scaurus, who took office with Sulpicius Galba o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horrea Galbae
The Horrea Galbae were warehouses (''horrea'') in the southern part of ancient Rome, located between the southern end of the Aventine Hill and the waste dump of Monte Testaccio. They ran for a substantial distance, possibly extending as far as the Porta Ostiensis in the east and the Porticus Aemilia on the banks of the Tiber. The ''horrea'' were most likely built on the site of a suburban villa owned by the Sulpicii Galbae, a distinguished noble family of whom the 1st century AD Roman Emperor Galba was a member. (There are many alternative spellings of the name: ''Galbana'', ''Galbiana'', ''Galbes'' and so on.)Lawrence Richardson, ''A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'', p. 193. JHU Press, 1992. The tomb of Servius Sulpicius Galba (probably the consul of 108 BC, rather than his better-known father of the same name) stood in front of the warehouse complex. It is not clear when the ''horrea'' were founded, but presumably it was some time after the tomb was built. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emporium (antiquity)
An emporium refers to a trading post, factory, or market of Classical antiquity, derived from the grc, ἐμπόριον, (empórion), which becomes la, emporium. The plural is ''emporia'' in both languages, although in Greek the plural undergoes a semantic shift to mean "merchandise". ''Emporium'' is a term that has also been used to describe the centres of heightened trade during the Early Middle Ages. ''Emporia'' varied greatly in their level of activity. Some seem to have functioned much like the permanent European trading colonies in China, India and Japan in the early modern period or those of the mediaeval Italian maritime republics in the Levant. Others were probably annual events for a few days or weeks like the medieval Champagne fairs or modern trade fairs. Examples Famous ''emporia'' include: Elim, where Hatshepsut kept her Red Sea fleet; Elat, where Thebes was supplied with mortuary materials, linen, bitumen, naphtha, frankincense, myrrh and carved stone am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
