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The Baths of Caracalla (Italian: Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Roman public baths, or thermae, after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, during the reigns of emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla . [ 2 ]
The baths were constructed in the third century by the Roman Emperor Caracalla (r. 198–217), who also constructed the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, in honour of Asclepios, the god of medicine. The baths were in use up until the eighth century when they were destroyed by fire leaving only the ruins of the basement and first floor.
Caracalla. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Lucius Septimius Bassianus, 4 April 188 – 8 April 217), better known by his nickname Caracalla ( / ˌkærəˈkælə / ), [ 3] was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna. Severus proclaimed Caracalla ...
One the most spectacular examples of ancient Roman baths, the Baths of Caracalla, has become more spectacular. Authorities in Rome on Thursday opened to the public a unique private home that stood ...
Ancient Roman bathing. Bathing played a major part in ancient Roman culture and society. It was one of the most common daily activities and was practised across a wide variety of social classes. [1] [2] Though many contemporary cultures see bathing as a very private activity conducted in the home, bathing in Rome was a communal activity.
The Baths of Diocletian (Latin: Thermae Diocletiani, Italian: Terme di Diocleziano) were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths. The project was originally commissioned by Maximian upon his return to Rome in the autumn of 298 and was continued after ...
The Farnese Hercules ( Italian: Ercole Farnese) is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; he was an Athenian [ 1][ 2] but he may have worked in Rome. Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original ...
Her subsequent book The Baths of Caracalla in Rome: a Study in the Design, Construction and Economics of Large-scale Building Projects in Imperial Rome, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplement 25 (Portsmouth R.I. 1997) won the Archaeological Institute of America's James R. Wiseman Award for the most significant work in archaeology in 1998.