National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian Gardens Rome Italy
Gardens in Museo Nazionale Romano.Terme Di Diocleziano
National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian
National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian Italy Rome
National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian
Museo Nazionale Romano.Terme Di Diocleziano
Rome, Italy: the Diocletian Baths
The Diocletian Barhs (terme di Diocleziano) was the largest and most beuatiful roman baths in Rome. They were built by Maximinian under request of emperor Diocletian. The site of the Baths is now occupied by a church (santa Maria degli Angeli), a museum (museum Nazionale Romano) and a chapter house from the 16th century. Ther are still impressive remains of the Baths at the church and the museum.
National Roman Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Michelangelo's Cloister and Cypress (manortiz)
National Roman Museum - Baths of Diocletian, Michelangelo's Cloister
The Baths of Diocletian (Terme di Diocleziano) are the most imposing thermal complex ever built in Rome. Erected between 298 and 306 CE, they spanned more than 13 hectares and could accommodate up to 3000 people at the same time, within a structure consisting of a series of environments such as gymnasia, libraries, a swimming pool of more than 3500 square metres and those rooms that were the heart of every thermal complex: the frigidarium(cold bath), the tepidarium (lukewarm bath) and thecalidarium (hot bath). It was precisely these latter spacious rooms the ones converted by Michelangelo into the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and the Christian Martyrs: in the other environments arose the Carthusian Monastery, conceived by the artist himself.
Original seat of the Museo Nazionale Romano (National Roman Museum) since its institution in 1889, the Baths and the Charterhouse are currently undergoing a restoration process that has thus far permitted the reopening of a part of the monumental complex and of the two sections of such a composite museum, the Section of Proto-history of the Latin Peoples and theEpigraphic Section, this one pertaining to Written Communication in the Roman World.
Besides the exhibition, visitors can enjoy, therefore, the sumptuous and imposing Aula Decima, wherein are exhibited the big tomb of the Platorini and two chamber tombs, decorated with frescoes and stuccoes, originally from the Necropolis of the Via Portuensis.
It is then possible to have a stroll in the large Michelangelo's Cloister of the Charterhouse, which today is an unexpected haven of peace and silence despite being only a few steps from the bustling Termini Train Station; in it are on display more than 400 artworks such as statues, reliefs, altars, sarcophagi, all coming from the Roman environs.
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Baths of Diocletian & Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome
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The Baths of Diocletian (Latin: Thermae Diocletiani, Italian: Terme di Diocleziano) were public baths in ancient Rome, in what is now Italy. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from 298 AD to 306 AD, 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 his and Diocletian's abdication under Constantius, father of Constantine.
The baths occupy the high-ground on the northeast summit of the Viminal, the smallest of the Seven hills of Rome, just inside the Agger of the Servian Wall (near what are today the Piazza della Repubblica and Termini rail station). They served as a bath for the people residing in the Viminal, Quirinal, and Esquiline quarters of the city.[2] The Quadrigae Pisonis, a 2nd-century monument with various reliefs, some private homes, and a relief representing the temple of Quirinus once stood at the site but were demolished to build the baths. The water supply was provided by the Aqua Marcia,[3] an aqueduct that had long served the city of Rome since the early 2nd century. To properly supply the baths, the supply of water to the city was increased under the order of Diocletian.[1] The baths may have also been supplied by the Aqua Antoniniana, which was originally positioned to supply Caracalla's baths in the early 3rd century.[4]
The baths were commissioned by Maximian in honor of co-emperor Diocletian in 298 AD, the same year he returned from Africa. Evidence of this can be found in bricks from the main area of the baths, which distinctly show stamps of the Diocletianic period. These, according to the ancient guidebook Mirabilia Urbis Romae, were known as Palatium Diocletiani.[2] This evidence shows the effect of the massive project on the brick industry in that all work by them was redirected and under control of the emperor.[5] Building took place between the year it was first commissioned and was finished sometime between the abdication of Diocletian in 305 and the death of Constantius in July 306.[1]
In the early 5th century, the baths were restored.[6]:7 The baths remained in use until the siege of Rome in 537[7] when the Ostrogothic king Vitiges cut off the aqueducts.
In the 1560s, Pope Pius IV ordered the building of a basilica in some of the remains, to commemorate Christian martyrs who according to legend died during the baths' construction, Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri. To this was attached a Carthusian charterhouse. Michelangelo was commissioned to design the church and he made use of both the frigidarium and tepidarium structures. He also planned the main cloister of the charterhouse. A small cloister next to the presbytery of the church was built, occupying part of the area where the baths' natatio had been located. After 1575, starting under Pope Gregory XIII, several remaining halls of the baths were converted into grain and oil stores for the city of Rome.[6]:7
After Rome became part of the Kingdom of Italy, its seat of government was moved to the city. In 1884, the Carthusians abandoned the charterhouse and the area around the baths was subject to substantial changes. Roma Termini station was built, the Ministry of the Economy moved to the area, and the Grand Hotel and Palazzo Massimo were constructed. Gaetano Koch designed the palazzi fronting Piazza dell'Esedra (now Piazza della Repubblica), destroying part of the original exedra. Via Cernaia cut off the western gymnasium from the remains of the enclosure wall (the latter are now in Via Parigi). In 1889, the Italian government set up the Museo Nazionale Romano in the baths and in the charterhouse.[6]:7One of the four inscriptions around the main entrance to the Baths of Diocletian reads, translated from Latin, Our Lords Diocletian and Maximian, the elder and invincible Augusti, fathers of the Emperors and Caesars, our lords Constantius and Maximian and Severus and Maximum, noblest Caesars, dedicated to their beloved Romans these auspicious Baths of Diocletian, which the divine Maximin on his return from Africa ordered to be built and consecrated in the name of his brother Diocletian, having purchased the premises required for so huge and remarkable work and furnishing them with the most sumptuous refinement.[2] Although only fragments of the inscription are extant today, a complete transcription was made by an 8th- or 9th-century pilgrim and was preserved at Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland.[6]:59
The enclosure of the bath complex took up 13 hectares (32 acres) of the district,[6]:7 about the same size as the Baths of Caracalla. The main entrance was to the northeast. To the southwest was a large exedra (now still visible as the outline of Piazza della Repubblica). The exedra was flanked by two large buildings, likely libraries.
National Roman Museum Baths of Diocletian,The funerary Stele of Licinia Amias manortiz)
National Roman Museum Baths of Diocletian,The funerary Stele of Licinia Amias
The funerary Stele of Licinia Amias, one of the most ancient Christian inscriptions in Rome. Upper tier: dedication to the Dis Manibus and Christian motto in Greek letters ΙΧΘΥC ΖΩΝΤΩΝ / Ikhthus zōntōn (fish of the living); middle tier: depiction of fish and an anchor; lower tier: Latin inscription LICINIAE FAMIATI BE / NE MERENTI VIXIT. Marble, early 3rd century CE. From the area of the Vatican necropolis, Rome
National Roman Museum Baths of Diocletian, Rock-born Mithras and Mithraic artifacts (manortiz)
Mithras born from the rock (marble, 180--192 AD), from the area of S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome
Mithras is depicted as being born from a rock. He is shown as emerging from a rock, already in his youth, with a dagger in one hand and a torch in the other. He is nude, is wearing a Phrygian cap and is holding his legs together.
However, there are variations and sometimes he is shown as coming out of the rock as a child and in one instance he has a globe in one hand, sometimes a thunderbolt is seen. There are also depictions in which flames are shooting from the rock and also from Mithras' phrygian cap. One statue had its base perforated so that it could serve as a fountain and the base of another has the mask of the water god. Sometimes he also has other weapons like bows and arrows and there are also animals like dog, serpent, dolphin, eagle, some other birds, a lion, crocodile, lobster and snail around. On some reliefs, there is a bearded figure identified as Oceanus, the water god, and on some there are the four wind gods. In these reliefs, the four elements could be invoked together. Sometimes Victoria, Luna, Sol and Saturn also seem to play a role. Saturn particularly appears to hand over the dagger to Mithras so that he could perform his mighty deeds.
In some depictions Cautes and Cautopates are also present and sometimes they become shepherds.
On some occasions, an amphora is seen, and a few instances show variations like an egg birth or a tree birth. Some interpretations show that the birth of Mithras was celebrated by lighting torches or candles.
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Rome - The Baths of Diocletian - Exteriors
Baths of Diocletian - Exteriors
Rome, Italy.
Baths of Diocletian Rome
recorded on December 16, 2013
Moving Image Archive Serge de Muller
The Diocletian Baths: charterhouse and open-air pool, Rome, ITALY
Rome - Model of the Baths of Diocletian
Museo Nazionale Romano.
Ancient Rome 1 Diocletian Baths, Hadrian, Pont San Angelo, Pantheon, Teatro Marcello
rrz518 visits the sights of Ancient Rome, in November 2003. Diocletian Baths, Hadrian, Pont San Angelo, Pantheon, Teatro Marcello
Lanuvio, The Tomb of the Warrior, National Roman Museum manortiz
La tomba del Guerriero di Lanuvio
Tomb of the Warrior, Lanuvium
Museo Nazionale Romano Terme di diocleziano
Within the general picture of Latium's 6th-5th century tombs, the tomb of the Warrior from Lanuvium (c. 475 BC) remains an exception. It stands out because, though modest and without grave goods, it contained the body of a military commander, buried with his arms and athletic equipment in a rough peperino sarcophagus. This combination of military and athletic ideals points to Greek cultural influence, hardly surprising during the years in which the cult of the Dioscuri, after spreading through Latium, appears even in Rome. Of the arms found in the tomb are exhibited: bronze anatomic breastplate, parade helmet of bronze, silver, gold, and glass paste, axe, a sword, three spear heads. From the athletic equipment: discus, strigil, pouch for sand, alabaster flask. (Exhibition text, Museo Nazionale Romano, Baths of Diocletian)
Helmet
Bronze, silver, glass paste, gold.
Height (without crest mount): 16.4 cm
Maximum diameter 23.7 cm
Minimum diameter 21 cm
Negau-type, variant.
product of Vulci?
Mus. Naz. Rom., Inv. No. 115195
Bivalve cuirass (anatomical cuirass, lorica musculata)
Bronze, traces of leather and linen.
Maximum height (front middle): 40.8 cm
with shoulders, 50 cm
Width: circa 30 cm
Thickness (spessore): 26 cm
Probably Italiote Greek manufacture, 490-480 BCE
Mus. Naz. Rom., Inv. 115194
Sword (spada ricurva, machaira)
Iron.
Length: 81.7 cm
Width at hilt: 7.5 cm
Width at blade: 7 cm
Mus. Naz. Rom., Inv. 115196
Discus
Bronze.
Diameter 23.1 cm
thickness 0.65-0.7 cm
Weight 2.100 kg
Inv. 115197
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Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano, Diocletianoksen kylpylä on nykyään yksi Rooman kansallismuseon osista. Kylpylän suurin allas Natatio oli jopa 4000 neliömetriä pinta-alaltaan.
National Museum of Rome
The National Museum of Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano in Italian) is a set of museums in Rome, Italy, split among various branches across the city. It was founded in 1889 and inaugurated in 1890, with the aim of collecting antiquities from between the 5th century BC to the 3rd century AD.
Its first collection was formed from the archeological collections of the Museo Kircheriano, a collection assembled by the antiquarian Athanasius Kircher, soon supplemented by the numerous new discoveries in Rome that took place during the expansive city planning effort after it became the capital of the new Kingdom of Italy. This was initially meant to be displayed in a 'Museo Tiberino' (never realised), but in 1901 the State granted the institution the Villa Ludovisi and the important national collection of ancient sculptures.
Its base was established in the 16th century cloister built by Michelangelo off the baths of Diocletian, still its main base. These buildings' adaptation to their new purpose began for the 1911 Exposition; this effort was completed in the 1930s.
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Baths of Diocletian, Part II
Ancient Rome. World class baths, pools, luscious youths and maidens for sex, cafes, entertainment...it was all here! In this episode we visit a well preserved room made of finest marble. Beautiful!