Statue of a Muse: Polymnia
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
Da originale di età ellenistica
Material and technique:
Marble
Size:
cm 159
Origin:
Rome, Via Terni (1928)
Inventory:
MC2135
Opere del percorso
The hall
The Horti Spei Veteris were a large imperial estate extending from what is now Porta Maggiore to the south-east corner of the city. Emperor Septimius Severus transformed them into gardens, building a splendid residential complex here (completed by Heliogabalus) comprising a palace with a circus and court amphitheatre. Parts of this structure, the so-called ‘Amphitheatrum Castrense’, still survive today. In fact, it was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls that were built from AD 271 onwards to defend the city from barbarian attacks, bisecting the Severan monumental complex.
