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The Baths of Trajan (Terme di Traiano) were a massive ''thermae'', a bathing and leisure complex, built in ancient Rome and dedicated under Trajan during the kalendae of July 109, shortly after the Aqua Traiana was dedicated.[1]

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  1. 48 relations: Ancient Roman architecture, Ancient Roman engineering, Ancient Rome, Andrea Palladio, Apollo, Apollodorus of Damascus, Apse, Aqua Traiana, Ara Pacis, Baths of Nero, Baths of Titus, Caldarium, Calends, Capital (architecture), Cistern, Cryptoporticus, Domitian, Domus Aurea, Esquiline Hill, Exedra, Fasti Ostienses, Flavian dynasty, Forma Urbis Romae, Frigidarium, Frontinus, Groin vault, History of Roman and Byzantine domes, Laocoön and His Sons, List of Roman domes, List of Roman public baths, Mosaic, Mouseion, Muses, Nero, Nymphaeum, Oppian Hill, Ostrogothic Kingdom, Palaestra, Rodolfo Lanciani, Roman aqueduct, Rome, San Pietro in Vincoli, Servian Wall, Tepidarium, The Seven Halls, Thermae, Trajan, Vitruvius.

  2. Ancient Roman baths in Rome
  3. Rome R. I Monti
  4. Trajan

Ancient Roman architecture

Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style.

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Ancient Roman engineering

The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced engineering accomplishments.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio (Andrea Paładio; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Apollodorus of Damascus

Apollodorus of Damascus (Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was an architect and engineer from Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD.

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Apse

In architecture, an apse (apses; from Latin absis, 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek ἀψίς,, 'arch'; sometimes written apsis;: apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an exedra.

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Aqua Traiana

The Aqua Traiana (later rebuilt and named the Acqua Paola) was a 1st-century Roman aqueduct built by Emperor Trajan and inaugurated in 109 AD. Baths of Trajan and aqua Traiana are buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century and Trajan.

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Ara Pacis

The (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to) is an altar in Rome dedicated to the Pax Romana.

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Baths of Nero

The Baths of Nero (Thermae Neronis) or Baths of Alexander (Thermae Alexandrinae) were a complex of ancient Roman baths on the Campus Martius in Rome, built by Nero in either 62 or 64 and rebuilt by Alexander Severus in 227 or 229. Baths of Trajan and baths of Nero are ancient Roman baths in Rome.

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Baths of Titus

The Baths of Titus or Thermae Titi were public baths (Thermae) built in 81 AD at Rome, by Roman emperor Titus. Baths of Trajan and baths of Titus are ancient Roman baths in Rome and Rome R. I Monti.

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Caldarium

Bath, England. The floor has been removed to reveal the empty space where the hot air flowed through to heat the floor. A caldarium (also called a calidarium, cella caldaria or cella coctilium) was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex.

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Calends

The calends or kalends (kalendae) is the first day of every month in the Roman calendar.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Cistern

A cistern is a space excavated in bedrock or soil designed for catching and storing water.

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Cryptoporticus

In Ancient Roman architecture a cryptoporticus (from Latin crypta and porticus) is a covered corridor or passageway.

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Domitian

Domitian (Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96.

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Domus Aurea

The Domus Aurea (Latin, "Golden House") was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great fire in 64 AD had destroyed a large part of the city. Baths of Trajan and Domus Aurea are Rome R. I Monti.

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Esquiline Hill

The Esquiline Hill (Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino) is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

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Exedra

An exedra (exedras or exedrae) is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing.

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Fasti Ostienses

The Fasti Ostienses are a calendar of Roman magistrates and significant events from 49 BC to AD 175, found at Ostia, the principal seaport of Rome.

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Flavian dynasty

The Flavian dynasty, lasting from AD 69 to 96, was the second dynastic line of emperors to rule the Roman Empire following the Julio-Claudians, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian and his two sons, Titus and Domitian.

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Forma Urbis Romae

The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between 203 and.

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Frigidarium

A frigidarium is one of the three main bath chambers of a Roman bath or thermae, namely the cold room.

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Frontinus

Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD.

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Groin vault

A groin vault or groined vault (also sometimes known as a double barrel vault or cross vault) is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults.

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History of Roman and Byzantine domes

Domes were a characteristic element of the architecture of Ancient Rome and of its medieval continuation, the Byzantine Empire.

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Laocoön and His Sons

The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and put on public display in the Vatican Museums, where it remains today.

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List of Roman domes

This is a list of Roman domes.

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List of Roman public baths

This is a list of ancient Roman public baths (thermae).

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Mosaic

A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface.

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Mouseion

The Mouseion of Alexandria (Μουσεῖον τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας), which arguably included the Library of Alexandria, was an institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter and his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

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Muses

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Moûsai, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.

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Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.

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Nymphaeum

A nymphaeum or nymphaion (nymphaîon), in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs.

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Oppian Hill

The Oppian Hill (Latin, Oppius Mons; Colle Oppio) is the southern spur of the Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome, Italy. Baths of Trajan and Oppian Hill are Rome R. I Monti.

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Ostrogothic Kingdom

The Ostrogothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of Italy (Regnum Italiae), was a barbarian kingdom established by the Germanic Ostrogoths that controlled Italy and neighbouring areas between 493 and 553.

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Palaestra

A palaestra (or; also (chiefly British) palestra; παλαίστρα.) was any site of an ancient Greek wrestling school.

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Rodolfo Lanciani

Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1 January 1845 – 22 May 1929) was an Italian archaeologist, a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography.

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Roman aqueduct

The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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San Pietro in Vincoli

San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy.

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Servian Wall

The Servian Wall (Murus Servii Tullii; Mura Serviane) is an ancient Roman defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC.

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Tepidarium

The tepidarium was the warm (tepidus) bathroom of the Roman baths heated by a hypocaust or underfloor heating system.

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The Seven Halls

The Seven Halls, or Sette Sale, is the name of the complex of cisterns located on the Oppian Hill, Rome. Baths of Trajan and the Seven Halls are buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century and Rome R. I Monti.

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Thermae

In ancient Rome, (from Greek, "hot") and (from Greek) were facilities for bathing.

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Trajan

Trajan (born Marcus Ulpius Traianus, adopted name Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53) was a Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117, remembered as the second of the Five Good Emperors of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Vitruvius

Vitruvius (–70 BC – after) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura.

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See also

Ancient Roman baths in Rome

Rome R. I Monti

Trajan

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baths_of_Trajan

Also known as Baths of Domitian, Trajan's Baths.