{"id":6484,"date":"2026-01-12T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/terme-del-nuotatore\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:40:56","slug":"terme-del-nuotatore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/terme-del-nuotatore\/","title":{"rendered":"Terme del Nuotatore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Built in the late Flavian period (late 1st<\/sup>\u00a0century AD), the baths underwent significant transformations during the 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century and were then precociously abandoned in the mid-3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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Reconstruction section of the baths during the first phase
(M. Medri, V. Di Cola)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The entrance corridor built through the nearby Sanctuary of the Bona Dea led into a vestibule (A) giving access both to the gymnasium sector and the bath rooms.<\/p>\n

A visit to the baths began in the frigidarium (room for cold baths) (B), which has a mosaic floor depicting a swimmer. This was followed by two tepidaria (rooms for warm baths) (C), one of which was decorated with stucco reliefs, a laconicum (steam room) (D) and two calidaria (rooms with hot baths)\u00a0(E).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMale bust in marble found inside the baths\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetail of the swimmer depicted in the mosaic\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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A large two-storey cistern (G) guaranteed the baths\u2019 water supply; they were also fed by the city aqueduct through lead pipes.<\/p>\n

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Detail of the stucco decoration of the ceiling of the\u00a0tepidarium<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Built in the late Flavian period (late 1st\u00a0century AD), the baths underwent significant transformations during the 2nd\u00a0century and were then precociously abandoned in the mid-3rd\u00a0century AD. The entrance corridor built through the nearby Sanctuary of the Bona Dea led into a vestibule (A) giving access both to the gymnasium sector and the bath rooms. A…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6476,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6486,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6484\/revisions\/6486"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}