{"id":6498,"date":"2026-01-12T13:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T13:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/pannelli-didattici-e-mappe\/larea-dei-culti-orientali-e-il-quartiere-residenziale-di-porta-laurentina\/complesso-delle-terme-del-filosofo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:52:54","slug":"complesso-delle-terme-del-filosofo","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\/complesso-delle-terme-del-filosofo\/","title":{"rendered":"Complesso delle Terme del Filosofo"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the early 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, the complex consisted of a series of shops with an open space behind them in which a small temple (A) dedicated to an unknown god was built in around AD 200.<\/p>\n

In the second half of the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, the building became the headquarters of a Neoplatonic philosophical college, as we know from the discovery inside of two portraits identified as the philosopher Plotinus (203\/205-270 AD).<\/p>\n

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Axonometric reconstruction of the final phase of the building
(J.S. Boersma)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The building had a meeting room (B) with benches and a niche at the back, and a small bath complex with a\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(room for cold baths), paved with a mosaic made of large tesserae in green marble (C).<\/p>\n

The heated rooms, also marble-panelled, were located in the north sector of the building (D).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tGeneral view of the complex\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tMarble portrait, identified as the philosopher Plotinus, now in the Museo Ostiense\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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