Baths of Septimus Severus

Name of structure: Baths of Septimus Severus
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Palatine, Rome
Date of structure: Severan 193-211 AD
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2: 3 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Unknown
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: A large number of glass tesserae found.  Wide ranges of colours, shades of blues, greens, reds, yellows etc.
Date of mosaic: Severan 193-211 AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 3 AD
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), 125-6
See also:
Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome 1 (1892), 215
Morricone Matini, M., Mosaici antichi in Italia, Reg. I Roma: Reg X, Palatium (Rome: 1967), 85 n. 2

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