Octagon

Name of structure: Octagon
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Room
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Nero's Golden House, Rome
Date of structure: First century AD
Century of structure 1: 1 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Apse above cascade, probably dome
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Large number of exceptionally small glass tesserae found under dome, mainly pastel blue and green, also light, medium, dark blue, pale turquoise, blue/green and opaque white glass tesserae.
Date of mosaic: First century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 1 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 92
See also:
Mingazzini, P., and. E Pfister, Forma Italiae Reg. I, vol. 2 Surrentum (Florence: 1946), 113, no. 1
Lugli, G., Roma Antica: Il centro monumentale (Rome: 1946), 368
Kähler, H., Hadrian und seine Villa bei Tivoli (Berlin: 1950), figs 14, 15 Blake, M. E., Roman Construction in Italy from Tiberius through the Flavians (Washington DC: 1959), 2,50, pl. 19,1
Boethius, A., The Golden House of Nero (Ann Arbor: 1960), 114, fig 53
Nash, Dict. 1, fig 417
MacDonald, W. L., The Architecture of the Roman Empire: An Introductory Study (vol 1) (Yale University Press: 1965), 38-41
Neuerburg, N., ‘L’architettura delle fontane e dei ninfei nell’Italia antica,’ in Memorie dell’Accademia di Archeologica Lettere e Belle Arti di Napoli, V (Naples: G. Macchiaroli, 1965), 200, no. 143
Suetonius, 6, 31, 4
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