Baths of Caracalla
Name of structure: | Baths of Caracalla |
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: | Rome |
Date of structure: | Early third century AD |
Century of structure 1: | 3 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | Walls, vaults, niches, apses, lunettes |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Patches of mosaic in numerous places throughout the site. Â Variety of glass tesserae remain. |
Date of mosaic: | Early third century AD |
Century of mosaic 1: | 3 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)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 126-7 |
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