Installation details

english name
Baths of Achilles
turkish name
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original name
ὁ Ἀχἱλλεύς
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still exists
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type
Bath
location
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description

Baths close to the Strategion, west of the Acropolis (now Sirkeci/Eminönü). Possibly also to be identified as Honorianae/Eudocianae in Region V (Crow et al., 2008, p. 10).

The Baths of Achilles may have been supplied by the Hadrianic line based on its location which suggests an altitude below 30 m, and a law of Theodosius I that stated that the Hadrianic aqueduct served the imperial palace, which indicates that it served the Baths of Achilles too (Crow et al., 2008, p. 115).

comments

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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