ENTRY TYPE
Buildings |
SUMMARY
One of the most characteristic constructions in Roman urban planning is the public fountain building. More than the thermae or the amphitheatre, it presents the most successful combination of functionality and pleasure, a coupling Rome promoted to its imperial provinces. The ancient Greek world did not have such monuments until this time. The construction of a luxurious nymphaeum presupposes the existence of financial resources, knowledge of a specific area’s particularities and, of course, people who will use the building. In the province of Asia these conditions existed already by the 1st century AD and opulent nymphaea could be found in Ephesus and Miletus during the reign of Titus (79-81 AD). |
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