Terme del Foro

Name of structure: Terme del Foro
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Passageway
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Ostia
Date of structure: Baths originally Antonine, later restored
Century of structure 1: 2 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Unknown
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Large number of glass tesserae found on ground, but could not have come from nearby pavement.  Very rich colours including red, yellow, green, white, turquoise, blues, mauve and clear.
Date of mosaic: Second century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 2 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Sear, Frank B., Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag, 1977), 116
See also:
Meiggs, R. Roman Ostia, second edition (Oxford: 1973), 413, fig 29, no. 2.3

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