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 Porta Capena, 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 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. 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. 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).