Aphrodisias Baths of Hadrian

About

A monumental marble bath complex dedicated to the emperor Hadrian, who reigned from August 117 CE, and the largest public bath building ever raised at Aphrodisias. Construction began after his accession, centered on an open-air marble pool ornamented with statues and corner pillars, so the block was still occupied by older shops and houses on the day Trajan died. This is a textbook post-117 dating trap: 'Hadrianic' at Aphrodisias always means built under Hadrian, not before him.

In ancient writing

• Inscription series (bath architecture), Dedicatory inscriptions naming Hadrian Olympios and Panhellenios after 128/129 CE

  Inscriptions carved into the bath complex name Hadrian with two of his special titles, dating the building to well after this map's 117 CE snapshot.

Sources

• https://followinghadrian.com/2015/04/20/the-hadrianic-baths-at-aphrodisias-caria-turkey/
• https://www.aphrodisias.org/en/bathrooms-and-hadrian

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