{"id":6573,"date":"2026-01-12T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/casa-di-diana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:59:51","slug":"casa-di-diana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/casa-di-diana\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa di Diana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The complex, perhaps originally four storeys tall with shops facing onto the street, was built in the Hadrianic period (first half of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD).<\/p>\n<p>It has a central porticoed courtyard (C) and over time underwent significant alterations to both the internal walls and the floors.<\/p>\n<p>The black and white geometrical mosaics in some rooms, the polychrome mosaic on one side of the portico and the inlaid marble floor of the triclinium (D) belong to the original phase.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, the courtyard was embellished with a fine marble nymphaeum whilst the surviving paintings were made at the end of this century.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5607\" style=\"width: 1840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a6926f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a6926f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5607 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1840\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794.webp 1840w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794-1024x512.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/887_47-2-img001794-1536x768.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1840px) 100vw, 1840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span id=\"img-1794\" class=\"full-photo\"><span class=\"caption-photo\">Detail of the paintings in the tablinum (E)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, the floors were raised and new mosaics were laid.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a mithraeum (F) was installed in the innermost rooms at a late period: it had a shrine, a (reused) marble altar and\u00a0<em>podia<\/em>\u00a0(benches) made of masonry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery-article galleryid-6573 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t<a data-fslightbox='gallery' data-caption='View of the mithraeum (F)' href='https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795.webp' data-title='View of the mithraeum (F)'><div class='ratio ratio-1x1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1486\" height=\"1981\" src=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795.webp 1486w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/888_47-3-img001795-1152x1536.webp 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1486px) 100vw, 1486px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5610'>\n\t\t\tView of the mithraeum (F)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t<a data-fslightbox='gallery' data-caption='Reconstruction of the complex (I. Gismondi)' href='https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793.webp' data-title='Reconstruction of the complex (I. Gismondi)'><div class='ratio ratio-1x1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793.webp 2000w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793-300x270.webp 300w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793-1024x922.webp 1024w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793-768x691.webp 768w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793-1536x1382.webp 1536w, https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/886_47-1-img001793-1920x1728.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5612'>\n\t\t\tReconstruction of the complex (I. Gismondi)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complex, perhaps originally four storeys tall with shops facing onto the street, was built in the Hadrianic period (first half of the 2nd\u00a0century AD). It has a central porticoed courtyard (C) and over time underwent significant alterations to both the internal walls and the floors. 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