Baths of Caracalla

Name of structure: Baths of Caracalla
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Baths
Country or main area: Italy
Region within country or main area: Lazio
City or area within region: Rome
Date of structure: Early third century AD
Century of structure 1: 3 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Walls, vaults, niches, apses, lunettes
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Patches of mosaic in numerous places throughout the site.  Variety of glass tesserae remain.
Date of mosaic: Early third century AD
Century of mosaic 1: 3 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), 126-7
See also:
Blouet, Restauration des Thermes d’Antonin Caracalla (1828), p. XIII

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