Statio Aquarum

 At the south and east sides of the Lacus Iuturnae (q. v.) are rooms which were possibly used for the care of the sick, who sought relief from their sufferings through the health giving waters of the spring of Iuturna. Statues of healing deities, such as the Dioscuri, Apollo, Serapis and Aesculapius, were found in the rooms and in the lacus itself, and give rise to the belief that the rooms were used for healing sleep, the "incubatio." In the 4th century A.D., these rooms became the headquarters of the curatores aquarum, who administered Rome's water supply. On the occasion of the dedication of the Statio Aquarum on 1st March 328 A.D., the curator aquarum, Fl. Maesius Egnatius Lollianus, erected a statue to the emperor Constantine.

Lacus Iuturnae, view of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

Statio aquarum, dedicatory inscription to the "genius stationis aquarum"

Statio aquarum, rooms along the ramp that scales the Via Nova

Statio aquarum, the base of the statue of Constantine, erected on the occasion of the dedication of the Statio Aquarum by Fl. Maesius Egnatius Lollianus (CIL VI, 36951)

Statio aquarum, room with a statue of Aesculapius