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Baths of Diocletian
Ancient Roman bath in Rome, Italy
The Baths of Diocletian (Latin: Thermae Diocletiani, Italian: Terme di Diocleziano) were public baths in ancient Rome.
Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD to , they were the largest of the imperial baths.
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The project was originally commissioned by Maximian upon his return to Rome in the autumn of and was continued after his and Diocletian's abdication under Constantius, father of Constantine.[1]
The baths were open until c.
, when the Ostrogoths cut off aqueducts to the city of Rome. The site houses the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built within the ruins in the 16th century, the Church of San Bernardo alle Terme, and part of the National Roman Museum.
Location
The baths occupy the high ground on the northeast summit of the Viminal, the smallest of the Seven hills of Rome, just inside the Agger of the Servian Wall (near what are today the Piazza della Repubblica and Ter