{"id":6658,"date":"2026-01-13T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/terme-di-porta-marina-o-della-marciana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:36:25","slug":"terme-di-porta-marina-o-della-marciana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-coastal-districts-and-the-maritime-domus\/terme-di-porta-marina-o-della-marciana\/","title":{"rendered":"Terme di Porta Marina (o della Marciana)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This large bath complex was built in the Trajanic period, in around AD 110, the date of the portrait of Marciana, the emperor Trajan\u2019s sister, found inside.<\/p>\n

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Mosaic with a scene of athletes receiving prizes (B)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The building is arranged around a large courtyard surrounded by a colonnade that functioned as a gymnasium (A), and a bath sector on a higher level: the\u00a0apodyterium<\/em>\u00a0(changing room) (B) had a mosaic floor of black and white tesserae depicting athletes, whilst a polychrome mosaic adorned the\u00a0frigidarium<\/em>\u00a0(room for cold baths) (C), to which a large pool with an apse (D) was added in the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0century AD.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDiscovery of the statue of the chaste Aphrodite inside the baths\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tPortrait of Marciana found in the baths\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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The south sector of the complex was occupied by the heated rooms (E-G).<\/p>\n

During the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0century AD, part of the south wing (H), was turned into an independent bath complex directly connected to the Via Severiana.<\/p>\n

The bath complex was the object of later renovations up to the period of Theodoric (AD 493-526).<\/p>\n

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Detail of the mosaic with sea motifs (I)<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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