{"id":3285,"date":"2025-03-21T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/?post_type=percorsi&p=3285"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T14:03:28","slug":"the-baths-of-porta-marina","status":"publish","type":"percorsi","link":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/trails\/sport-and-athletes-in-ancient-ostia\/the-baths-of-porta-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Baths of Porta Marina"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mosaic of the Athletes and the Palaestra<\/h2>\n

The extraordinary Mosaic of the Athletes is a perfect summary of what took place in a palaestra (exercise yard): the room where this mosaic served as the floor was, in fact, a transitional space between the bath areas and the palaestra itself, making it the ideal introduction to the athletic area.<\/p>\n

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The Mosaic of the Athletes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The entire mosaic is highly significant because it depicts athletes engaging in various disciplines at different moments of their activity:<\/p>\n

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  • Two boxers and a contest judge<\/li>\n
  • A long jumper holding halteres<\/em>, the weights used for propulsion<\/li>\n
  • Two athletes holding strigils<\/em> (scrapers used to clean the body)<\/li>\n
  • Two wrestlers locked in combat<\/li>\n
  • A discus thrower<\/li>\n
  • A musician playing a wind instrument, who may have won a music competition \u2014 he is the only figure wearing a laurel crown, which closely resembles another crown depicted on the table at the center of the mosaic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    On the table is another prize: the palm branch of victory, a highly coveted award for athletes.<\/p>\n

    Let\u2019s take a closer look at each athlete and the discipline they are practicing or have just completed:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In this route, we start right from the Porta Marina Baths and the Mosaic of the Athletes. Then we move to the large open space of the palaestra of the Baths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":301,"parent":3283,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-3285","percorsi","type-percorsi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/percorsi\/3285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/percorsi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/percorsi"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/percorsi\/3283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ostiaantica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}