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Septizonium

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: nymphaeum

The Septizonium (or Septizodium) is a monument located at the extreme southeastern corner of the Palatine Hill, built by the Severan emperors. It is attested to textually in the Historia Augusta, its footprint is visible on the Severan marble plan (Forma Urbis Romae), and its foundations have been explored through excavation.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/705506085

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.8855542952, 12.4885046862

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Septizodio (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Septemzodium (Latin, AD 300 - AD 399)
- Septizonium (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Septizonium makes connections with:

Septizonium part of (analytical) Regio X (Palatium) (unspecified date range)
Septizonium located at Roma (AD 200 - AD 299)

Septizonium receives connections from:

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Place type:
monument

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Septizonium was a five-story monument incorporating exedrae, inspired by theatrical architecture. It may have served as a monumental fountain or nymphaeum. Its topographical placement at the intersection of the Via Triumphalis and the Via Appia may have been part of a Severan re-focusing of Rome's topography. The monument is attested on the Severan Marble Plan (a.k.a. Forma Urbis Romae) and is featured in several early modern accounts of the monuments of ancient Rome, including Étienne Dupérac's accounting ca. 1575.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Septizonium: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/705506085> [accessed: 12 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/705506085 |title=Places: 705506085 (Septizonium) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 12, 2026 1:01 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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