{"id":6496,"date":"2026-01-12T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/domus-del-protiro\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:51:32","slug":"domus-del-protiro","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\/domus-del-protiro\/","title":{"rendered":"Domus del Protiro"},"content":{"rendered":"

The luxurious aristocratic house was built in successive phases during the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD. It was accessed through a monumental entrance (prothyrum) with marble columns and a pediment (A) on which the owner\u2019s name was inscribed, erased in antiquity.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tStatue of Apollo from the domus\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tAxonometric reconstruction of the final phase of the domus (J.S. Boersma)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

It had a central courtyard (B), embellished with a nymphaeum (C) decorated on both sides, with a curved front and niches facing the vestibule and a fa\u00e7ade with aedicules and marble pediments facing the main room (D). The latter had two columns at the entrance and was paved with marble slabs; a similar veneer, partly made of reused materials, was present in the more luxurious rooms of the house.<\/p>\n

A small underground room (E) with niches and a well could be reached from the courtyard and can perhaps be interpreted as a domestic sanctuary.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDrawing of the prothyrum (A) (G. Gasponi)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetail of the floor in opus sectile with reused inscription\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The luxurious aristocratic house was built in successive phases during the 3rd\u00a0century AD. It was accessed through a monumental entrance (prothyrum) with marble columns and a pediment (A) on which the owner\u2019s name was inscribed, erased in antiquity.   It had a central courtyard (B), embellished with a nymphaeum (C) decorated on both sides, with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6476,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6496","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=6496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6497,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6496\/revisions\/6497"}],"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=6496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}