Bath Complex

Published: 2026-10-01

Last modified: 2026-10-01

Dates

Flavian period（69-96 CE）

Excavation Dates

unspecified

Garden Description

Monumental baths about 88 meters long and 40 meters wide were built in Flavian times in the north end of the city. Immediately after the entry came a large peristyle courtyard. Perhaps it was a garden but could also have been primarily a palestra. At the end away from the entrance and towards the baths proper was found the base of a statue.

Plans

Fig. 1: Segobriga: Plan of the Flavian baths.
Credit: From Spanisharts website.

Images

Fig 2. Segobriga. looking north over, from left to right, the edifice for the imperial cult, the peristyle of the baths, the beginning of the baths proper, and the hermitage built above the caldarium of the baths.
Credit: Photo Juan Manuel Abascal or Rosario Cebrián. From Cervantesvirtual website.

Bibliography

J. M. Blázquez, "Los jardines en la Hispania Romana", in Historia de los Parques y Jardines en España. Edita Grupo FCC, Madrid, 2001, p. 26. (worldcat)
(Official Park Site)
(Plan and images of the baths)
(Cervantes_virtual)

Keywords

peristyles (Roman courtyards) (AAT:300080971)
balnea (AAT:300120377)
statues (AAT:300047600)

Places

Segobriga (Pleiades:266036)
Segobriga (deserted settlement) (TGN:8712888)
Tarraconensis (Pleiades:981551)
Tarraconensis (province) (TGN:6005831)