- Horti Tauriani
The Horti Tauriani (Latin - Taurian gardens) was a large set of gardens in ancient Rome around the residence of
Statilius Taurus , eminent character of the1st century . They were perhaps the cause of his conviction for magic, which allowed Agrippina to confiscate them and add them to the imperial estates. They were then divided into different properties, were partly reunited underGallienus in the mid 3rd century, but began to split again, in late antiquity being centred round the residence of Vettio Agorio Protested as the "Horti Vettiani".From this area come numerous attributable sculptures from the Gardens's different phases : statues of deities, decorative reliefs , two large marble craters and three splendid portraits of
Hadrian ,Vibia Sabina andSalonina Matidia .Links
* [http://www.museicapitolini.org/percorsi/percorsi_per_sale/museo_del_palazzo_dei_conservatori/sale_degli_horti_tauriani_vettiani Capitoline Museums]
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