{"id":6629,"date":"2026-01-13T09:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/caseggiato-di-bacco-e-arianna\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:54:35","slug":"caseggiato-di-bacco-e-arianna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/caseggiato-di-bacco-e-arianna\/","title":{"rendered":"Caseggiato di Bacco e Arianna"},"content":{"rendered":"

The complex was built in the Hadrianic period (AD 117-138) and may have been connected to the nearby temple of Serapis.<\/p>\n

It has a large courtyard with a pool at its centre (A) and a portico on the north side (B) with several rooms opening onto it: they include a dining room (C), whose mosaic floor has plant motifs and birds in its central sector and, in the space between the couches, the head of Medusa between small winged figures.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMosaic in the triclinium with plant motifs and birds (C)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tVolumetric reconstruction of the complex (R. Mar)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The vast hall (D) adjacent to the latter room is embellished with a mosaic floor with a complex figurative scene, representing Bacchus and Ariadne watching a fight between Eros and Pan (symbolizing love and lust respectively).<\/p>\n

All the mosaics belong to the Hadrianic phase, whilst the complex presents renovations dating to the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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Mosaic depicting Bacchus and Ariadne (D)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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