Baths of Titus

The Baths of Titus are the remains of a small imperial bathing complex in central Rome, built in the late first century AD during the reign of the Flavian emperor Titus. The complex is smaller and earlier than the later large imperial baths of Rome but is an important surviving example of early Roman bathing architecture.

Remains include brick-faced walls and vaulted spaces that are visible at street level and are frequently viewed alongside nearby monuments. The site is modest in scale compared with later imperial thermae, so visits are typically short and combined with tours of the immediate Forum and Colosseum area.

The baths were constructed during the Flavian period under Emperor Titus and were later altered and partly incorporated into medieval structures. Over time the complex fell into ruin and only fragments remain above ground today.

They sit in central Rome close to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum in the Lazio region, within the dense archaeological landscape of the ancient city.

• Central location: The ruins are fragmentary and sit close to the Colosseum and the Arch of Titus, so they are often visited in combination with other central Roman antiquities.

What to See #

• Main remains: The surviving brick-faced ruins include vaulted halls and wall sections visible at ground level close to other monuments of the Roman Forum area.