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Rome: Via Appia, Tomb of the Gordiani (1860s photo)
Rome: Via Appia, Tomb of the Gordiani (BSR Parker Archive)
These
images show the front of back of a tomb at the Villa Gordiana, dating
from ca. AD 240. The tomb was located in a thermae or bathhouse on the
via Appia. The thermae held figurative mural paintings which may be
seen in the lower image.
In
the 1970s,excavations revealed more of this and other buildings at the
Villa Gordiani, including remains of an Early Christian church from the
time of Constantine I (early 4th centuryAD).
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