Conjectural reconstruction of the Baths of Nero, Rome

NOTES: This drawing is numbered III/6 in the Burlington-Devonshire Collection and shows a reconstructed longitudinal section of the Baths of Nero. These baths, built 60 - 64 AD, were the second of the Imperial public baths in Rome. They were rebuilt in 227 by Alexander Severus and became known as the Thermae Alexandrinae. This drawing is a preliminary study for III/2r.