Nymphaeum

The site of Nymphaeum is not clearly defined in ancient or modern geography.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

I had roused myself at the crack of dawn to visit a noble and undeservedly neglected ruin at the summit of the Esquiline hill, known as the Nymphaeum or Temple of Minerva Medica.

A Wonder From Any Angle 2010

For this reason it is called Nymphaeum [71] and affords a kind of oracle.

Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). Cassius Dio

A curious and immense structure, called the Nymphaeum, arose at the foot of the one running north and south.

Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ 1901

Our men, taking advantage of fortune's kindness, for they were still afraid of being attacked by the enemy's fleet, if the wind abated, having come near a port, called Nymphaeum, about three miles beyond Lissus, put into it (this port is protected from a south-west wind, but is not secure against a south wind); and thought less danger was to be apprehended from the storm than from the enemy.

Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars: with the Supplementary Books attributed to Hirtius. 1869

Then you step out into the Renaissance garden, where, just a few blocks from the busy Via Flaminia, the loudest sounds are the soft gurgle of water in the Nymphaeum fountain and, in warmer months, the singing of cicadas.

The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past Francis X. Rocca 2011

Its vast Baroque-style gardens and lush grounds, which feature the Nymphaeum and the sculptures of Hercules and Lica, are what lure many to this special place.

Maria Russo: Glamour, Gardens and George Clooney in Lake Como Maria Russo 2011

From the Nymphaeum, on the ancient site of the Gardens of Licinius, you pass through the Piazza Vittorio into the Gardens of Maecenas on the lower Esquiline, where you see the ruins of the Baths of Titus.

A Wonder From Any Angle 2010

This circa 40 by 4 meter area consisted of 4 rooms which can be related to the cellars/storage spaces of the early Byzantine market building on the terrace above it (site UAN) or with the water infrastructure works that supplied the Nymphaeum.

Upper Agora: Report 1 « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009

This channel, flowing from the NW, connected into the already known water channel, about one meter behind the central niche of the Nymphaeum.

Upper Agora: Report 1 « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds 2009