Baths at Ostia

The Forum Baths at Ostia (I,XII,6), otherwise known as the Thermae Gavii Maximi, are named after Marcus Gavius Maximus, who was the praetorian prefect for 20 years.[1] The baths were intended for public use in Ostia Antica. and like many other thermae, created as a gift to the public and were therefore free. They were built during the reigns of Emperor Antoninus Pius and the Severan dynasty (193-225AD).[2] The Baths were constructed in the city centre and were the largest and grandest of all Ostia baths. Although very little of the structures remain today, archaeologists have found remains of arches which could be a connecting aqueduct which once provided the baths with water.[3]

Ostia, Forum Baths (XI) (4688456824)
Ostia, Forum Baths (IV) (4688457236)

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References
  1. Petrovic, Andrej, ed. (2019). The materiality of text: placement, perception and presence of inscribed texts in classical antiquity. Leiden: Brill. p. 351.
  2. "Regio I - Insula XII - Terme del Foro (I,XII,6)".
  3. Miliaresis, Ismini (2013). Heating and fuel consumption in the Terme del Foro at Ostia: a dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PDF).



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