ID: 700009231 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009231	Record Type: Built Work
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Baths of Caracalla (thermae; unknown Roman architects; patron: Caracalla (Roman emperor, ...; ca. 211-216 CE; Rome (Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top of the TGN hie...)

Note: Vast baths south of the Porta Capena, noted as the best preserved of the Imperial thermae, preserving some of the monumental architecture and garden setting. Begun ca. 211 CE, the baths were dedicated by Caracalla 216 CE, although the outer precinct was not completed until the reign of Alexander Severus (reg 222-235 CE). There were several later restorations, and an apse was added to the caldarium in the 4th century. Fifth-century sources record the baths as one of the wonders of Rome, while brick-stamps of the Ostrogothic king Theodoric (reg 493–526) suggest that they continued in use into the 6th century. Located in: Rome, Italy Located in: Rome, Italy

Titles:

Baths of Caracalla (preferred,C,U,PO,English-P,U,N)

Thermae of Caracalla (C,U,English,U,U)

Terme di Caracalla (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Thermae Antoninianae (C,U,Latin-P,U,U,undetermined,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

thermae [300007364] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, health and welfare buildings, health facilities, baths (built works), public baths)

bath [300444147]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, health and welfare buildings, health facilities)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 211-216 CE

Creator Display:

unknown Roman architects; patron: Caracalla (Roman emperor, 188-217 CE (reigned from 211)) [preferred]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

Caracalla, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius (emperor: 198-217 AD), donor [,BWR]

patron Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Roman emperor, 188-217 CE (reigned from 211)) [500354876]

architects unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Roma [7000874] (Geographic)

Address Note: 41°52′45.998″N 12°29′35.002″E

Display Materials: masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: height: 40 m (130 ft.); area: 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft)

Events:

abandonment: 537 CE

Cultures:

Roman (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	World Heritage Site [300263063]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations)) (AAT)

Related Works:

	formerly was architectural context for .... Farnese Herculese [700001285]
	..........sculpture (visual works); Glykon of Athens (sculptor, active ca. 200-220 CE); copy aft...; 3rd century CE; Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Napoli province, Campa...; Inv. 6001

	is architectural context for .... Farnese Flora [700001286]
	..........colossal statues; unknown Roman sculptor; restored by Guglielmo della Porta; early Roman empire, probably 2...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Baths of Caracalla	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3775377; BWR3786340
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Thermae of Caracalla	........ [VP]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Terme di Caracalla	........ [VP]
	........ TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1977)
Thermae Antoninianae	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ BWR database (2010-)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786340

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3786340

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 29697

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U37762

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) DeLaine, Janet, "Baths of Caracalla," accessed 25 January 2017
	..... TCI: Roma e Dintorni (1977)
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786340