Titus Baths

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View of the Titus Baths 1776

The Titus Baths (lat. Thermae Titi ) were an ancient thermal bath complex in Rome , which was built under Emperor Titus . The complex was built within a few years on the area of ​​the Domus Aurea and was completed as early as 80 AD together with the nearby Colosseum .

Floor plan of the Titus Baths
Floor plan of the Baths of Titus, the Baths of Trajan and the preserved parts of the Domus Aurea

Due to the short construction time and the fact that the thermal baths have the same orientation as the remaining parts of the Domus Aurea, it is also assumed that the thermal baths of the Domus Aurea were simply rebuilt for this purpose. Today only small remains of the thermal baths have survived. They were located between the Coliseum and the later built Trajan Baths .

literature

  • Samuel Ball Platner , Thomas Ashby : A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1929, pp. 533-534 (online ).
  • Erika Brödner: The Roman thermal baths and the ancient baths. A cultural-historical consideration . Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8062-1317-8 .

Web links

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Martial , Spectacula 2, 7-8 .
  2. ↑ Suetonius , Titus 7: 3 ; Cassius Dio 66, 25 ( German translation ).

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 29 "  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 38.4"  E