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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2634
Barcelona. Ciutat romana
Roman world

thermae founding plaque

MAC BCN-019011

Object type
plaque
Production date
125
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Barcelona. Ciutat romana
Materials
marble
Township
Barcelona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Barcelonès)
Technique
carving
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
400 x 323 x 46 mm (Fragment dret (trobat a Barcelona)) 860 x 1020 x 100 mm (Fragment esquerre (trobat a Mollet))
Description
This stone is the founding document of public baths given to the city by Lucius Minicius Natalis father and his son, senators and originating from Barcino. They were the most illustrious people from Roman Barcelona that are known: the former occupied positions of great importance during the reigns of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian; and his son also at the time of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius. In addition, Lucius Minicius Natal son is famous for winning, as the owner, the chariot race in the Olympic Games in AD 129. The generosity of both men towards the city is obvious with the donation of these public baths, with associated porch and corresponding water supply.

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