{"id":6643,"date":"2026-01-13T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/terme-dei-sette-sapienti\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:24:17","slug":"terme-dei-sette-sapienti","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/i-quartieri-residenziali-della-classe-medio-alta\/terme-dei-sette-sapienti\/","title":{"rendered":"Terme dei Sette Sapienti"},"content":{"rendered":"

The building, probably of the Hadrianic period (AD 117-138), takes its name from a painting of the Seven Sages decorating a room that may originally have been used as a tavern and was later incorporated into the baths as a changing room.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAxonometric reconstruction of the building (I. Gismondi)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDetail of the fresco of the Seven Sages (B)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

As we know from the placement of the entrances, the baths were used not only by the residents of the adjacent buildings, but also by those of the surrounding district.<\/p>\n

They had a circular\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(room for cold baths) with a domed roof (C), paved with a mosaic with hunting scenes and plant motifs; other fine mosaics decorated the walls of some niches.<\/p>\n

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Drawing of one of the polychrome wall mosaics in the\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(C)
(M. Giammiti)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A second\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(D) preserves a painting of Venus being born from the waters (Anadyomene<\/em>), dating to the early 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century like the other paintings that survive in the adjacent rooms.<\/p>\n

Finally, in the south part of the complex were the\u00a0tepidaria<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0calidaria<\/em>\u00a0(warm and hot rooms) (E-H).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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