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Between the construction and Agrippa's death in 12 BC, the Baths were open to the public with an entrance fee charge. This charge was typically a quadrans. Upon his death, Agrippa left the baths to the citizens of Rome to use free of charge in exchange for donating various estates to Augustus, creating the first public bath structure. [3] [4]
Agrippa was born c. 63 BC, [1] [4] in an uncertain location. [2] His father was called Lucius Vipsanius. [5] His mother's name is not known and Pliny the Elder claimed that his cognomen "Agrippa" derived from him having been born breech [6] so it is possible that she died in childbirth. [7]
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
Italiano: Pilastro a forma di tritone dalla ex facciata dell'Odeon di Agrippa, costruito nel 14 a.C. da Marco Vipsanio Agrippa, nell'antica Agorà di Atene. English: Statue of a triton -shaped pillar along the former facade of the Odeon of Agrippa (built in 14 BC by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ) in the Ancient Agora of Athens .
Route of the Aqua Virgo. The Aqua Virgo was one of the eleven Roman aqueducts that supplied the city of ancient Rome.It was completed in 19 BC by Marcus Agrippa, during the reign of the emperor Augustus [1]: 28 [2]: §10 (p. 350-1) [3]: 149 [4]: 167 [5] [6] and was built mainly to supply the contemporaneous Baths of Agrippa in the Campus Martius [4]: 167 .
The Odeon of Agrippa was a large odeon located in the centre of the ancient Agora of Athens. It was built about 15 BC, occupying what had previously been open space in the centre of the Agora. It was a gift to the people of Athens by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a Roman statesman and general. [1] Floor plan of the original Odeon of Agrippa
Due to the limited archaeological remains, the majority of archaeological reconstructions are derived from the Forma Urbis Romae and corresponding literary sources. Located on the Campus Martius, between the Baths of Agrippa and the Serapeum, the Saepta Julia was a rectangular porticus complex, which extended along the west side of the Via Lata to the Via di S. Marco.
Agrippa Silvius from Nuremberg chronicles. In Greco-Roman mythology, Agrippa (said to have reigned 914-873 BC) [1] (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ p ə /) was a descendant of Aeneas and King of Alba Longa, the capital of Latium, southeast of Rome. He was listed as king of Alba Longa in the time of Augustus.