Rome, Catacombe di Domitilla, Cubicolo di Ampliato: MRA-ITA-Rom238
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-ITA-Rom238
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 18.8
- Width
- 18.8
- Height
- 4.5
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 1499
Geographic Location
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Rome
Site/monument
- Italy (ITA)
Rome
Catacombe di Domitilla
Catacombe di Domitilla, Cubicolo di Ampliato
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Ampliatus hypogeum is part of the larger complex of catacombs of Domitilla and dates to the 1st to 3rd centuries CE. It was discovered in 1881. The tombs take their name from a wall inscription over the arcosolium reading AMPLIATI. The tombs in this part of the catacombs are richly decorated with mural paintings and have a style reminiscent of the Pompeian frescoes. It has been hypothesized that the Aurelius Ampliatus named in one of the inscriptions was a freedman in the Aurelian family, a clan known for their early conversion to Christianity.
Further Reading:
George Edmundson (1913). The Church in Rome in the First Century. London: Longmans, Green and Co.
Borg, B. (2013). Crisis and Ambition: Tombs and Burial Customs in Third-Century AD Rome. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0199672733.
Chronological period (sample)
- 1st-3rd century