Baths, Licinian Baths

Name of structure: Baths, Licinian Baths
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Tunisia
Region within country or main area: Béja Governorate
City or area within region: Dougga/Thugga
Date of structure: Built at the time of Gallienus (253-268)
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Frigidarium and tepidarium
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Sides of plunge in frigidarium - glass tesserae in blue-green, yellow-green and blues.  Plunge in tepidarium - coarse white mosaic
Date of mosaic: Built at the time of Gallienus (253-268
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)?
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), 157
See also:
Poinssot, Les Ruines de Dougga (1958), 49, fig 5

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