Malek, A. (2021). "Water Sanctuary Aqua Septimiana Felix (Sanctuaire des eaux)." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed October 2, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/87cb5112c9/

Water Sanctuary Aqua Septimiana Felix (Sanctuaire des eaux)

Contributors: Xue Xia, Keith Jenkins
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-07-20

Dates

2nd-3rd century CE

Garden Description

The water sanctuary lies beneath the Byzantine fort in the Northern suburbs of the city. An inscription that was discovered during the Byzantine fort excavations enumerates the embellishments that were undertaken in 213 by the city of Timgad for the sanctuary, Aqua Septimiana Felix: one of which, a bronze balustrade surrounding the spring (a pool with marble slabs of 3,6 m x 13, 60 m) and a viridarium surrounded by porticoes decorated with paintings (porticus virdiari (sic) picturis ornatas).

Plans

Fig. 1: Plan of the Water Sanctuary Aqua Septimiana Felix
Credit: (Lassus, J., 1981, fig. 9)

Bibliography

  • Courtois, C., Timgad, antique Thamugadi, Alger, 1951. (worldcat)
  • Malek, A.-A., "Le Jardin Dans Les Sanctuaires De L'afrique Romaine: Premières Approches.", in Du Culte Aux Sanctuaires : L'architecture Religieuse Dans L'afrique Romaine Et Byzantine : Actes Du Colloque, 18-19 Avril 2013, Paris, Fondation Simone Et Cino Del Duca... -. (2018), p. 362, fig. 12. (worldcat)
  • Lassus, J., La forteresse byzantine de Thamugadi, Fouilles à Timgad, 1938-1956, Paris, 1981, plan p. 25, fig. 9, pp. 215-17, fig. 174-76. (worldcat)
  • Leschi, L., "Découvertes récentes à Timgad: Aqua Septimiana Felix", in CRAI, 1947, pp. 87-99. (worldcat)
  • Leschi, L., Etudes d'épigraphie, d'archéologie et d'histoire africaines, Paris, 1957, pp. 240-45, ici pp. 242. (worldcat)

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