{"id":6597,"date":"2026-01-12T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/terme-del-foro\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:19:06","slug":"terme-del-foro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/terme-del-foro\/","title":{"rendered":"Terme del Foro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Built in around AD 160 by Marcus Gavius Maximus, the praetorian prefect of Antoninus Pius, these luxurious public baths (the city\u2019s largest) underwent significant renovations in the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0and 5th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries AD, including the construction of a monumental entrance on Via della Forica (A).<\/p>\n

Through the vestibules (B), patrons entered the\u00a0apodyteria<\/em>\u00a0(changing rooms) (C) and a large\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(room with basins for cold baths) (D) with high cross vaults.<\/p>\n

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Section of the\u00a0Terme del Foro<\/em>\u00a0on Via della Forica
(P. Cicerchia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The heated rooms faced south to best exploit their exposure to sunlight: the first room, octagonal in shape, was probably a\u00a0heliocaminus<\/em>\u00a0(room for sunbathing) (E); it was followed by a\u00a0laconicum<\/em>\u00a0(room for steam baths) (F) and warm (G) and hot rooms (H).<\/p>\n

The building\u2019s rich marble decoration belongs to the restorations of the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tStatue of a man wearing a toga found in the Terme del Foro (5th century AD)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tRestoration work in the Terme del Foro\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Built in around AD 160 by Marcus Gavius Maximus, the praetorian prefect of Antoninus Pius, these luxurious public baths (the city\u2019s largest) underwent significant renovations in the 4th\u00a0and 5th\u00a0centuries AD, including the construction of a monumental entrance on Via della Forica (A). Through the vestibules (B), patrons entered the\u00a0apodyteria\u00a0(changing rooms) (C) and a large\u00a0frigidarium\u00a0(room with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6512,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597","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=6597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6598,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597\/revisions\/6598"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}