Regio VI (Alta Semita)

region · 6 BC – 500 AD · location approximate

The sixth administrative regio of Augustan Rome, Regio VI (Alta Semita) derives its name from the street that crossed over the Quirinal Hill. This is a large district that includes the Viminal Hill, the lower slopes of the Pincian Hill, in addition to the valleys between these hills. The region also contained 17 aediculae (shrines), 146 domūs (patrician houses), 18 horrea (warehouses), 75 bath houses, and 73 fountains.

Coordinates

41.90322, 12.49295

Dating

exact

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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