Italy

Capo di Bove

Roman private baths on the Appian Way, 2nd century AD

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Capo di Bove is an archaeological site on the Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome, Italy. It contains the thermal baths of a vast property owned in the 2nd century AD by Herodes Atticus and his wife Annia Regilla.

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Bath construction

2nd century AD

Use continued

4th century AD

Cardinal purchase

1302

Hospital use

17th century

Monastic control

19th century

State acquisition

2002

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Water Management Features

Cisterns
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Public and Civic Structures

Public Baths
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Burial and Funerary Structures

Tombs
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

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Country

Italy

Coordinates

41.85° N, 12.52° E