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walls were built through the chambers of the domus, some corresponding
with the walls of these chambers, and others with the orientation of the
baths themselves. The axis of the domus runs north and south, while
that of the thermae runs north-east and south-west at an angle of
30 degrees from the meridian. The extreme measurements of the baths
are 340 metres in width and 330 in depth, or, excluding the exedral
projections, 280 by 210 metres.
Presumably Trajan adorned his baths with works of art, and many
traces have been found in this precinct and its immediate vicinity, but
their exact provenience is difficult to ascertain. The Laokoon group
was found in 1506 in a hall1 between the thermae and the Sette Sale
(probably in the domus Aurea, which in Pliny’s time was called the house
of Titus ; see Domus Titi). It may have been set up in the thermae
by Trajan, but it seems far more likely that it was actually found in the
domus Aurea (for excavations and discussions, see LS ii. 222-228 ; LR
368; NS 1885, 474; Weege in Jahrb. d. Inst. 1913, 201-239; for the
thermae in general, HJ 310-314; LR 367-369; Gilb. iii. 297; ZA
133-144 ;2 for restorations, D’Esp. Mon. ii. 155-159; for the decoration
of the exedrae, RA 117 ; and for the mediaeval churches in or near the
thermae, see Ad Taurum).
Tiberinus : a shrine of the river-god on the insula Tiberina. The day of
dedication was probably 8th December, when the festival was celebrated
(Fast. Amit. ad vi Id. Dec., CIL i2. p. 245, 336 ; Fast. Ant. NS 1921, 118).
Its exact location is not known, nor anything of its history (HJ 637 ;
WR 224 ; Besnier 308-309 ; Rosch. v. 934). See Carcopino, Virgile et
les Origines d’Ostie (Bibl. £c. Frang. fasc. 116), 561 sqq., for a theory
that Thybris was the original river-god, and his identification with
Volcanus.3
Tiburtius Collis : a name which appears to have been given at a late
date to the Quirinal hill, and occurs only in an emended passage in
Lydus (de mens. iv. 155, cd. Bekk. 118: τι/3ο[υρτιον . .]; cf. Wissowa,
Ges. Abh. 233 ; HJ 229). Like Praenestius Collis (q.v.) the name is
derived from that of a gate (Porta Tiburtina) in the Aurelian wall, and
was probably the invention of some antiquarian.
Tiberis : the most important river of Central Italy. The importance of
the site of the Palatine and of Rome is mainly due to its command of the
crossing of the Tiber just below the island (see Pons Sublicius), which
must be of great antiquity, and was probably the only one in the whole
lower course of the river.
The derivation of the name is uncertain (Varro, RR iii. 16 ; LL v. 30 ;
Serv. ad Aen. viii. 332), but its antiquity is vouched for by its appearance
1 Numbered 80 on Weege’s plan.
2 See also Mem. L. 5. xvii. 522, 523 ; ASA 107.
3 Mommsen (CIL i2. p. 325) identifies him with Portunus.
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walls were built through the chambers of the domus, some corresponding
with the walls of these chambers, and others with the orientation of the
baths themselves. The axis of the domus runs north and south, while
that of the thermae runs north-east and south-west at an angle of
30 degrees from the meridian. The extreme measurements of the baths
are 340 metres in width and 330 in depth, or, excluding the exedral
projections, 280 by 210 metres.
Presumably Trajan adorned his baths with works of art, and many
traces have been found in this precinct and its immediate vicinity, but
their exact provenience is difficult to ascertain. The Laokoon group
was found in 1506 in a hall1 between the thermae and the Sette Sale
(probably in the domus Aurea, which in Pliny’s time was called the house
of Titus ; see Domus Titi). It may have been set up in the thermae
by Trajan, but it seems far more likely that it was actually found in the
domus Aurea (for excavations and discussions, see LS ii. 222-228 ; LR
368; NS 1885, 474; Weege in Jahrb. d. Inst. 1913, 201-239; for the
thermae in general, HJ 310-314; LR 367-369; Gilb. iii. 297; ZA
133-144 ;2 for restorations, D’Esp. Mon. ii. 155-159; for the decoration
of the exedrae, RA 117 ; and for the mediaeval churches in or near the
thermae, see Ad Taurum).
Tiberinus : a shrine of the river-god on the insula Tiberina. The day of
dedication was probably 8th December, when the festival was celebrated
(Fast. Amit. ad vi Id. Dec., CIL i2. p. 245, 336 ; Fast. Ant. NS 1921, 118).
Its exact location is not known, nor anything of its history (HJ 637 ;
WR 224 ; Besnier 308-309 ; Rosch. v. 934). See Carcopino, Virgile et
les Origines d’Ostie (Bibl. £c. Frang. fasc. 116), 561 sqq., for a theory
that Thybris was the original river-god, and his identification with
Volcanus.3
Tiburtius Collis : a name which appears to have been given at a late
date to the Quirinal hill, and occurs only in an emended passage in
Lydus (de mens. iv. 155, cd. Bekk. 118: τι/3ο[υρτιον . .]; cf. Wissowa,
Ges. Abh. 233 ; HJ 229). Like Praenestius Collis (q.v.) the name is
derived from that of a gate (Porta Tiburtina) in the Aurelian wall, and
was probably the invention of some antiquarian.
Tiberis : the most important river of Central Italy. The importance of
the site of the Palatine and of Rome is mainly due to its command of the
crossing of the Tiber just below the island (see Pons Sublicius), which
must be of great antiquity, and was probably the only one in the whole
lower course of the river.
The derivation of the name is uncertain (Varro, RR iii. 16 ; LL v. 30 ;
Serv. ad Aen. viii. 332), but its antiquity is vouched for by its appearance
1 Numbered 80 on Weege’s plan.
2 See also Mem. L. 5. xvii. 522, 523 ; ASA 107.
3 Mommsen (CIL i2. p. 325) identifies him with Portunus.