At the foot of the slope beyond S. Onofrio were the horti Agrippinae, which occupied the present site of St. Peter's and extended to the Tiber, from which they were separated by a portico. These gardens were owned by Agrippina, and at her death in 33 A.D. came into the possession of her son Caligula. Thenceforth they were a part of the imperial property, and were a favorite resort of later emperors, especially of Nero and Elagabalus.
The north boundary of the horti Agrippinae appears to have been the via Cornelia, and from this street east extended the horti Domitiae, which belonged to Domitia, the sister of Nero's father. (Platner)
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Vincenzo Fasolo, "The Campo Marzio of G. B. Piranesi".
2691a
2691e
1956
outline - long[est] axis
1995.01.07
the Horti Agrippinae
--the introduction of the non-orthagonal approach.
The Longest Axis / The Axis of Life
1997.09.21
eros et thanatos
2683c
1999.01.29
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horti Agrippinae
1999.09.19 10:41
In G.B. Piranesi's Ichnographia Campus Martius, he positions the horti Agrippinae along the Tiber right where the river makes an almost ninrty degree bend. Judging from the description in The Times article, it seems that Piranesi's positioning is close to accurate.
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