Baths of Commodus

The Baths of Commodus (Latin: Thermae Comodianae) or Baths of Cleander (Latin: Thermae Cleandri) was a thermae (baths) complex in Rome, in Regio I, presumably to the south or south-east of the Baths of Caracalla; although mentioned by several ancient authors^[1] no archaeological remains survive.^[2]

They were built by Marcus Aurelius Cleander, a favourite of the emperor Commodus^[2] and dedicated in 183, in the fourth year of Commodus' reign.^[3][4] It also included a gymnasium.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Historia Augusta, Commodus 17; Chron. 147; Hieron a. Abr. 2199; Chronicon Paschale I, 226; Herodian I, 12.4.
2. 1 2 Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Oxford University Press, London, 1929 (completed and revised by Thomas Ashby), on: Bill Thayer's LacusCurtius.
3. 1 2 Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Annali d'Italia del principio dell'era volgare sino all'ano 1750, Giuntini, 1762, pag. 387.
4. ↑ Scheda 243429, Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (accessed 26-03-2014).

Bibliography

• Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Oxford University Press, London, 1929 (completed and revised by Thomas Ashby), on: Bill Thayer's LacusCurtius.

External links

• The Area of the Baths of Commodus - Historical Dioramas
• Scheda 243429, Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (last accessed 26-03-2014).