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Nice-Cimiez: Early Christian Baptistry
In the first
decades of the 4th century AD, when Christianity became the official religion
of the Roman Empire, an early Christian basilica was built in a portion
of the Women's (East) Bath at Nice-Cimiez. One room near the present site
of the archaeological museum served as a Baptistry,
shown in this view. Portions of a low vaulted hypocaust from the earlier
Baths structure are visible at right, along with remains of columns which
supported the roof of the Baptistry.
[Fig.1: 4th century AD Christian Baptistry built in Roman Bathhouse
(photo: Athena Review).]
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