VIMINAL HILL

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

• Smallest of the Seven Hills
• Known to have the greediest landlords in Rome
• Famous for the Baths of Diocletian and Constantine
• Part of the City of the Four Regions (Quattor Regiones)
• Built by Servius Tullius

ABOUT

• Was a residential district
• Many buildings were built
• Important people lived there
• Located between the large Quirinal and Esquiline Hills
• Local deity is a form of Jupiter

RELIGION

• Iuppiter Viminus
• Located on south edge
• Worshipped Jupiter at an altar
• Protects hill

BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

• Three types of bath water
• Built by Maximinian and Diocletian
• Had many features
• Water supplied by a branch of the Aqua Marcia

CASTRA PRAETORIA

• a.k.a. The camp of the praetorian guard
• Built by Tiberius
• 440 x 380 meters
• Disbanded by Constantine

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BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

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