The Severan Complex
Province
Italia
Italia (Pleiades)
Italia, Regio I (Pleiades)
Location
Sublocation
Palatine
Mons Palatinus (Pleiades)
Garden
Garden of the Severan Complex, Palatine
Keywords
Garden Description
The most visible remains from this period are a massive series of substructure arcades along the slope of the Palatine overlooking the Circus Maximus. It had been considered that this area was a thermae, a bath complex, from the time of Septimius Severus, but recent excavations and studies have shown at least part to have been occupied by the Domitianic building phase. Until the time of Maxentius, who built baths, this private wing of the palace was intended for otium and open-air promenades and was embellished with vast areas of gardens, pools and fountains.
RELATED PHASES ON THE PALATINE:
Gardens of the Republican Domus (A)
Garden of the House of Augustus (B)
Garden of the Domus Tiberiana (C)
Garden of the Neronian Palace (D)
Garden of the Domus Flavia (E)
Garden of the Domus Augustana (F,G)
Garden of the Palatine Stadium (H)
Figures
Fig. 1. Plan of the Palatine with the indication of the garden areas (Drawing Coop. Modus. Reworking E. Boschi. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, henceforth abbreviated as SAR).
###Dates
1st century CE to 4th century CE
Bibliography
- M.A. Tomei, Nota sui giardini antichi del Palatino, Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome (MEFRA), 104, 1992, 2, pp. 917-951. (worldcat)
- M.A. Tomei, Il Giardino dei Cesari, Catalogo Mostra, Roma 2001. (worldcat)
- A. Hoffmann & U. Wulf, "Bade oder Villenluxus? Zur Neuinterpretation del 'Domus Severiana,'” in Hoffman, Wulf & Angermeyer, Die Kaiserpaläste auf dem Palatin in Rom, Mainz am Rhein, 2004: 153-185. (worldcat)
Pleiades ID
Contributor
M.-A. Tomei
Publication date
29 June 2021