{"id":6679,"date":"2026-01-13T11:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-market-district\/cd-basilica-cristiana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:45:14","slug":"cd-basilica-cristiana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/educational-panels-and-maps\/the-market-district\/cd-basilica-cristiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Cd. Basilica Cristiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

This building has traditionally been interpreted as a Christian cult place given the presence on a lintel of an inscription with a Christogram (a monogram with the initials of Christ\u2019s name). In fact, it was probably a\u00a0domus<\/em>\u00a0(house), built in the late 4th<\/sup>\u00a0century AD and perhaps belonging to the family of the Tigriniani.<\/p>\n

The irregular layout is explained by the superimposition of the\u00a0domus<\/em>\u00a0on an earlier building with shops, a lane and a bath complex.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tVolumetric and axonometric view of the building\n(A. Gobbi)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\n\t\t\tDrawing of one of the building\u2019s Ionic capitals\n(T. Semeraro)\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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It was subdivided into two long halls separated by a colonnade, ending in apsidal rooms (a hall with niches for statues and a nymphaeum).<\/p>\n

Three rooms introduced by columns opened onto the right-hand hall, perhaps used for philosophical meetings or as a school for new converts given the presence of the Christian symbol.<\/p>\n

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Inscription on the architrave with a Christogram<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This building has traditionally been interpreted as a Christian cult place given the presence on a lintel of an inscription with a Christogram (a monogram with the initials of Christ\u2019s name). In fact, it was probably a\u00a0domus\u00a0(house), built in the late 4th\u00a0century AD and perhaps belonging to the family of the Tigriniani. The irregular layout…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":6676,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-albero.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6679","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679","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=6679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6682,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6679\/revisions\/6682"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}