Terme del Nuotatore
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
The so-called "Baths of the Swimmer" or "Terme del Nuotatore" (V,X,3) in region 5 of the ancient city of Ostia takes its modern name from a partially preserved black-and-white mosaic pavement. These baths were built in the late first century CE during the reign of Domitian. The complex was rebuilt during the Antonine period. The complex remained in use until ca. 250. The site was first excavated during 1938-1942. Andrea Carandini directed another campaign of excavation from 1966 to 1975.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589881342
41.7545232, 12.2917445
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Terme del Nuotatore (V,X,3) (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Terme del Nuotatore (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Terme del Nuotatore part of (analytical) Regio V, Ostia Antica (unspecified date range)
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bath, spa
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Terme del Nuotatore: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589881342> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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