Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Thermae
B2
12
Triclinium
C2
13
Xystus
C3
Sights
Thermae
um), which has a splendid mosaic depicting a chariot race at the Circus Maximus in Rome
(the room is also known as the Salone del Circo or Circus Room), is the octagonal
frigidari-
exposed brickwork and vents that allowed hot steam into the room.
ROMAN SITE
Peristyle & Great Hunt Roman Site
courtyard lined with amusing animal heads. This is where guests would have been re-
the rooms on the northern side of the peristyle, the most interesting is a dining room fea-
big hunt is over on the eastern flank of the peristyle in the
Ambulacrodella Scena della Grande
blazoned with dramatic hunting scenes of tigers, leopards, elephants, antelopes, ostriches
and a rhino - animals that the Romans eventually hunted to extinction in North Africa.
The first figure is resplendent in a Byzantine cape and is flanked by two soldiers, most
likely Maximianus himself and two members of his personal guard.
Bikini Girls Mosaic