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Excavation

  • Colle Oppio, Terme di Traiano
  • Roma
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  • Italy
  • Lazio
  • Rome
  • Rome

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Credits

  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • The 2010 excavations investigated the room named of the “Vendemmia” after a large patch of preserved wall mosaic, and part of the mosaic decorating its vault. The mosaic was part of the decorative scheme of one large building, probably constructed in the Flavian period during the final quarter of the 1st century A.D. At a height of almost 15 m above the ground, the façade was decorated with the “Painted City” fresco, to the side of the grandiose arch that constituted the main entrance to the complex.

    Under various layers of collapse, at a depth of about 30 m a.s.l., the excavation exposed the mosaic surface of the vaulted ceiling, numerous building site surfaces, and dumps relating to Trajanic activity.

    Also in 2010, excavation began inside the gallery, in correspondence with the point where in 1998 a long transverse wall was found. Earlier in date, it presented a patch of wall mosaic showing a “Muse and Philosopher”.

  • Giovanni Caruso - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali  
  • Rita Volpe - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali  

Director

Team

  • Carla Termini - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali
  • Francesco Pacetti - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali
  • Marta Giacobelli
  • Simonetta Serra - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali
  • Piero Giusberti

Research Body

  • Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale

Funding Body

  • Comune di Roma, con fondi ARCUS 2005 e 2006

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