Terme del Foro di Ostia
Historic site · Ostia Antica, Italy
The public baths beside the Forum, with an octagonal heliocaminus, a laconicum and a suite of warm and hot rooms all turned south for the sun. The latrine and the palestra beside them are part of the same complex.
History
Built about 160 AD by Marco Gavio Massimo, praetorian prefect of Antoninus Pius. The building was remodelled substantially in the fourth and fifth centuries, when a monumental entrance was opened on Via della Forica.
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Viale dei Romagnoli 717, 00119 Roma RM
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