House of the Tragic Poet

ruin · 30 BC – 2100 AD

The so-called "House of the Tragic Poet" (VI, 8, 3, 5) was built in the first century BC and has the plan of a classic "Samnite" house. The house was excavated in 1824. It lies at the corner of the Via delle Terme and the Via della Fullonica, across from the Forum Baths.

Coordinates

40.75075, 14.48381

Also known as

Casa col Cave canem (it), Casa col Cave canem (it), Casa del Poeta Tragico (it), Casa del Poeta Tragico (it), Casa del concerto drammatico (it), Casa del concerto drammatico (it), Casa del poeta (it), Casa del poeta (it), Casa del poeta drammatico (it), Casa del poeta drammatico (it), Casa di Glauco (it), Casa di Glauco (it), Casa di Omero (it), Casa di Omero (it), Casa omerica (it), Casa omerica (it), Domus of Aninius (en), Domus of Aninius (en), Domus of M. P. Cepius (en), Domus of M. P. Cepius (en), Haus der Iphigenia (de), Haus der Iphigenia (de), VI.8.3, 5 (en)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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