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english name	Baths of Eudocia
turkish name	-
original name	Thermae Eudocianae
ottoman name	-
events	Construction 421 - 425
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still exists	No
type	Bath
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description	The baths were located in Region V (close to the Strategion). According to Yegül (following Janin,1964, p. 220) these baths were dedicated to Aelia Eudoxia, the wife of Arcadius (r. 395-408), but given Crow's estimated construction date, it would be more plausible that these baths were dedicated to Aelia Eudocia, the wife of Theodosius II (r. 402-450). Yegül also proposes that these baths can also be identified with the Baths of Achilles.
comments	The main problem with this bath seems to be the name: is it named after Eudoxia or Eudocia? The name of the bath is only attested in the Notitia. EDITORS: check the 'substructure' in Bayülgen and Saner, 2024, p. 267-274 (Region VI, Substructure F 6/b, Plans 2 and 23). Would region VI be too far away from the Strategion in region V? Cf. Ibidem, 262-267 (Region V, 'Building with mosaic floor F6/a, Plan 2, Ill. 2). Note 300: original excavation publication by Duyuran 1960. Roman pottery sherds are dated to the middle of the 5th century the latest; a coin of Valens (r. 364-378) was found in the fill.
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Literature of related events

#	Event	Code	Type	Page	Excerpt
1	Construction: 421	Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae 425	Primary source	229	First Region ... Contains in it: ... Arcadianae baths ... Fifteen private baths ... Second Region ... Contains in it: ... Baths of Zeuxippus ... Thirteen private baths ... Third Region ... Contains in it: ... Eleven private baths Fourth Region ... Contains in it: ... Nymphaeum ... Seven private baths Fifth Region ... Contains in it: ... Honorianae baths ... Theodosian cistern ... Eudociane baths ... Nymphaeum ... Eleven private baths Sixth Region ... Contains in it: ... Nine private baths Seventh region ... Contains in it: ... Carosianae baths ... Eleven private baths Eighth Region ... Contains in it: ... Ten private baths Ninth Region ... Contains in it: ... Anastasianae baths ... Fifteen private baths Tenth Region ... Contains in it: ... Constantinianae baths ... Large nymphaeum ... (Twenty-two?) private baths Eleventh Region ... Contains in it: ... Arcadiaca cistern. Modestiaca cistern ... Fourteen private baths Twelfth Region ... Contains in it: ... Five private baths Thirteenth Region (Sycae) ... Contains in it: ... Honorianae baths ... Five private baths Fourteenth Region (Rhegium?) ... Contains in it: ... Nymphaeum. Baths ... Five private baths Collection of the city ... The Constantinopolitan city therefore has: ... Eight baths (the regional list gives nine) ... Four cisterns (only three were listed) ... Four Nymphaea (correct) ... One hundred and fifty-three private baths (if the total is correct, it suggests that there were twenty-two in the tenth region). Comment by Crow 2008: See the discussion and translation into German of the Notitia by Berger (1997a).