VIII.7.16. Gladiatorial Barracks; Ludus Gladiatorius; Schola Gladiatoria
Province
Location
Location Description
An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Sublocation
Insula
Keywords
Garden Description
A public garden laid out to the specifications of Vitruvius originally occupied the area at the rear of the Great Theater. There was a seventy four column portico enclosing an area with green plots of trees and shrubs and pathways for promenades. In the later years of the city the colonnade was converted into gladiator barracks and the green space became the training field. A gutter surrounded the area to collect the roof run off. There were two puteals in the east portico.
Plans
Fig. 28, Plan of Region VIII, Insula VII, 24-27
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Excavation Dates
Unspecified
Bibliography
- Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, pp. 350-351 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, 1:160 and 216 (balloon photo) and 217 (plan) on pp. 138-139 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 222 (worldcat)
- Mazois, Les ruines de Pompei dessinees et mesurees pendant les annees 1809-1810-1811,vol. 3, pl. 2 (plan) (worldcat)
- Fiorelli, ed. Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 202 (Feb. 7, 1767) (worldcat)
Contributor
Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)
Publication date
21 Apr 2021