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Ostia: Building of the Charioteers, plan (III, 10, 1)
Ostia: Plan of the Building of the Charioteers (Athena Review)
The
Building of the Charioteers is adjacent to the Baths of the Seven
Sages. It was built during the first years of the reign of Antoninus
Pius (c. 140 AD).
The rooms are arranged around courtyard 11,
with high arches. On the south wall of the north corridor are two
paintings of charioteers from the Antonine period, which give the
building its name. In their hands are a crown and a palm-branch,
symbols of victory. Other apartments also have paintings from the
Antonine period, including landscapes, mythological scenes, and a
painting of a deer-hunt. Several graffiti, one mentioning the host
Licinius, suggest that for some time these rooms were a hotel.
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