Eastern Part of the Mons Oppius in Rome (The).
The Sanctuary of Isis et Serapis in Regio III, the Temples of Minerva Medica, Fortuna Virgo and Dea Syria, and the Horti of Maecenas.
- Series: Bullettino della Commissione Archeologica Comunale di Roma. Supplementi, 22
- Pages and Illustrations: 984, 277 colour ill.
- Publication Year: 2014
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The research on The Eastern Part of the Mons Oppius in Rome presented here has been conducted since March 1981 in close cooperation with the Musei Capitolini, the Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali of the Comune di Roma, now Roma Capitale, and other partners. It deals with the part of the Esquiline which in antiquity was occupied by a number of sanctuaries and the adjacent Horti of Maecenas. Since her first publication 30 years ago, the author has studied the archaeological finds from this area in depth, but in order to understand their historical contexts it became necessary to consider the topography of a much wider area. The results therefore include contributions to the `Esquiline Venus
After a chapter on the methodological approach, the text is divided into two parts: Topography and excavations, with a topographical survey of the research area, and Discussion of selected archaeological finds.
Chrystina Haeuber studied drawing (Werkkunstschule Krefeld), art, theology and geography (Universitaet Duisburg), and classical archaeology, art history and ancient history (Universitaet zu Koeln). She has published widely on ancient sculpture, the topography of ancient Rome and Archaeological Information Systems (AIS). Among her research projects are FORTVNA and The AIS ROMA. Since December 2010 she has been a researcher and project director at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Muenchen, Department of Geography.
Table of contents
Eugenio La Rocca, Prefazione
Acknowledgements and Introduction
Abbreviations
IllustrationS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Methodological approach
I. The potential of texts (ancient testimonia and excavation reports) and of archaeological finds - applied to the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III
II. The potential of maps - applied to the ones published here
A. T O P O G R A P H Y A N D E X C A V A T I O N S
I. A Topographical Survey
I.1.The `Porticus with Piscina
I.2. The supposed round temple of Serapis, two nymphaea and the fons Muscosus
I.3. The forgotten ancient building in Vigna Reinach
I.4. The nymphaeum at Piazza Iside and the substructure on Via Pasquale Villari/ `Terme di Filippo
I.5. The Isium Metellinum, the `Egyptian temple
I.6. The substructure on Via Pasquale Villari: Isis Patricia or Horti of Maecenas?
I.7. The forum and domus of Petronius Maximus
I.8. The lucus of the Querquetulanae Virae and Maecenas, the Porta Querquetulana in the Servian city wall and the nymphaeum at Piazza Iside
I.9. The Servian city wall and the temple of `Minerva Medica
- The location of the temple of `Minerva Medica
- The former Capuchin monastery, Via Sette Sale no. 8, located on the former old Via Curva
- The date of the shrine on the old Via Curva/ Carlo Botta (`Minerva Medica
- The round temple (?) of `Minerva Medica
- The identification of the shrine on Via Curva/ Carlo Botta with the temple of Fortuna Virgo
I.10. The area of the sanctuaries discussed here, the Horti of Maecenas and the Domus Aurea
II. Further results
II.1. The location of the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III and its topographical context
II.2. The drawings made for Cassiano Dal Pozzo in the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III
II.3. The survival of the cults at the temple of `Minerva Medica
II.4. The statue of a River-god and the temple of Minerva Medica built by Maecenas
II.5. The sacred groves of the Mons Oppius and the Isium Metellinum
II.6. The goddesses venerated in and around the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III
III. Further hypotheses, which cannot be proved so far
Statues originally dedicated in the sanctuary Isis et Serapis in Regio III:
III.1. The `Esquiline Venus
III.2. The `Esquiline Group
- Introductory remarks
- The building site of the future Via Buonarroti/ A. Poliziano - finds and people involved
- The `Esquiline Group
- The will of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bradhurst Field (October 2nd, 1896)
Summary of part III
Final remarks: seven major results of this study
Appendices to A. Topography and Excavations
Appendix I -The reconstruction of the Servian city wall on the Oppian and Caelian
- The most recent findings
- Why Esq. a and Esq. b are different, and the reasons for my location of Esq. a
- Esq. a: the point where S
- The Servian wall between Via Ruggero Bonghi and the Arcus Dolabellae et Silani
- The Servian wall between the Arcus Dolabellae et Silani and the Porta Capena
Appendix II - An unpublished report by Angelo Pellegrini, the puticuli and the vina Maecenatiana
- An unpublished report by Angelo Pellegrini (November 12th, 1873)
- The puticuli, the paupers' graveyard and the size and location of the Horti of Maecenas
- Pellegrini's hydraulic installations and the vina Maecenatiana (Pliny, Nat. Hist. 14,67)
Appendix III -The substructures on Via Pasquale Villari/ `Terme d Filippo
Appendix IV -A report on the substructure on Via Pasquale Villari (prior to Nolli's Rome map 1748)
Appendix V -The Horti of Maecenas, the Fagutal, the procession of the Argei, and the figlinae
- The boundary of the Horti of Maecenas to the west
- The valley underneath the Baths of Trajan and the old Vicus Iovis Fagutalis
- The location of the Fagutal
- The location of the