Horti Liciniani
Dionysus from Pentelic marble excavatedin the " Temple of Minerva Medica " in1879( Capitoline Museums )
The Horti Liciniani (rarely also German: Licinian gardens ) were a group of gardens in ancient Rome that were owned by the gens Licinia . In the 3rd century they became the property of Emperor Gallienus , himself a Licinier. The location of the gardens is not known. However, due to the extensive activities of Gallienus in the area around the Esquiline , it is concluded that the gardens could also have been there. So he had a colossal statue of himself erected on the top of the hill. The Palatium Licinianum was there near the church of Santa Bibiana. An arch of Gaul stood at the porta Esquilina . The Nymphaeum, previously referred to as the Temple of Minerva Medica , may have belonged to the complex of the Licinian Gardens .
literature
- M. Cima: Gli Horti Liciniani: una residenza imperiale nella tarda antichità. In: Eugenio LaRocca (ed.): Horti Romani . Acts of the International Congress 4. – 6. May 1995 in Rome. Rome 1998, pp. 425-452.
- Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . Oxford University Press, London 1929, p. 268 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historia Augusta , Gallienus 17.