Il sepolcro del liberto Epaphroditus: una proposta di identificazione e nuovi spunti di riflessione sugli horti dell’Esquilino sud-orientale
- Autores: Francesca D'Andrea
- Localización: Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, ISSN 0223-5102, Vol. 130, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 143-164
- Idioma: italiano
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Resumen
Over eighty years have passed since Pierre Grimal’s work concerning the so-called Horti Tauriani, Pallantiani and Epaphroditiani was published. Through the re-examination of the status quaestionis about the south-eastern gardens of the Esquiline Hill, this paper aims at solving some of the many fundamental and still unsolved issues about their location during the Imperial Age. Furthermore, the examination of a handmade drawing allows us to clearly identify the remains of Epaphroditus’ monumental tomb, located along the borders of the imperial freedman’s gardens. Thanks to archival research, it is possible to clarify the highly debated location of the horti Epaphroditiani, in order to improve our understanding of the topography of this ancient landscape.
