NUOVI STUDI SULL’AREA SACRA DEI QUATTRO TEMPIETTI REPUBBLICANI DI OSTIA ANTICA: ANALISI E PROPOSTE INTERPRETATIVE DEI RESTI DELLA DOMUS DI APULEIO

Abstract

The domus of Apuleio is placed in the II Regio of Ostia Antica (II VIII, 5): it was most probably built at
the beginning of the 2nd century AD, on the north-east side of the Quattro Tempietti Repubblicani, a sacred
area delimited on the south by the urban Decumano massimo, easterly by the theatre and the piazzale delle
Corporazioni, northerly by a not excavated field and westerly by the Grandi Horrea. The little space and
the architectural preexistences influenced the planimetrical development of the domus, which was built with
an unusual “L” form. The analysis of the remains of the building, supported by a new survey, has allowed
to shed light on the numerous problems related to the domus and its structural relationship with the theater
and the area of the Four Temples.