Caseggiato del Temistocle
The Caseggiato del Temistocle (V, XI, 2) is located in the ancient city of Ostia . It is an irregular shape with an unpaved path in the middle that separates the two wings of the complex. The trapezoidal shape of the building results from the street layout in this part of the city. The famous Themistocles Herme , which gave the building its name, was located in the building.
The Caseggiato del Temistocle was built under Hadrian . At the end of the second century there were renovations. Parts of the building were built over by the Tempio Collegiale in the north . The east wing of the building consists of four smaller apartments, which were decorated with simple wall paintings. According to Harald Mielsch , the lowest social class lived here, which could still afford the luxury of wall paintings. After the wall was thick, the building probably only had one more story. The west wing, which was separated from the east wing by an uncovered corridor, consists mainly of a number of shops and workshops as well as an apartment, the floors of which have mosaics.
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Individual evidence
- ^ H. Mielsch: Römische Wandmalerei, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1632-0 , p. 104.
Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ′ 17.8 " N , 12 ° 17 ′ 29.2" E