Leaf 115 - Septizonium Severi ad Viam Appiam

Lauro, Giacomo

Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625

1625

Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.

Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Via Appia

Septizonium

The Septizonium was constructed by Septimus Severus and dedicated in 203 AD. It was located in the southeast corner of the Palatine Hill and was several stories high. It was meant to be an impressive welcoming façade to the city. Fragments of the façade existed until the sixteenth century. The title mentions that this structure was near the Baths of Caracalla (Antoninus) which were both on the Appian Way. There is evidence of a water basin found in the 1980s.

The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with a page title in Italian: Settizonio di Severo

Leaf 115 Recto and verso

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Splendore dell'antica Roma, by Giacomo Lauro, in Roma: Nell Stamperia di Andrea Fei, l'anno del Giubileo MDCXXV [1625]

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Septizonium

There once was in Rome the Septizonium

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