{"id":6615,"date":"2026-01-12T16:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/terme-di-buticoso\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:40:22","slug":"terme-di-buticoso","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-central-area-and-the-official-complexes\/terme-di-buticoso\/","title":{"rendered":"Terme di Buticoso"},"content":{"rendered":"

This privately-owned bath complex was built in around AD 110 and renovated a few decades later.<\/p>\n

It was accessed through a long entrance hall with benches (A), decorated with paintings with plant motifs, which are repeated in the back room (B).<\/p>\n

The heated rooms were in the western part: the mosaic floor of one of the hot rooms (C) depicts a nude male figure accompanied by an inscription with the name\u00a0Epictetus Buticosus<\/em>, who can be identified as the manager of the baths.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tGeneral view of the mosaic in the calidarium with a sea scene (E)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetail of the mosaic representing Epictetus Buticosus (C)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

The\u00a0calidarium<\/em>\u00a0(room for hot baths) preserves a mosaic with a sea scene (a Triton and a Nereid) and two marble-clad basins (E).<\/p>\n

The water supply was guaranteed by a cistern equipped with a\u00a0noria<\/em>\u00a0(water wheel), located in the adjacent Republican Sacred Area.<\/p>\n

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General view of the fresco with plant motifs on the back wall of room B<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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