HORTI LICINIANI
gardens belonging to the Emperor Gallienus (Hist. Aug.
Gall. 17). There is no indication of their location unless they bore some
relation to the colossus erected by Gallienus (ib. 18)
in summo Esquiliarum
monte, or to the
PALATIUM LICINIANUM (q.v.), near S. Balbina, or to the
arcus Gallieni at the porta Esquilina (
BC 1874, 55; LR 402-406;
HJ 358-9). The nymphaeum on the Esquiline, wrongly called the
temple of Minerva Medica, is by some supposed to have belonged to these
horti; see
NYMPHAEUM. It is conceivable that they were previously
called
HORTI VOLUSIANI (q.v.), and acquired their name from Ferox
Licinianus (
AJP 1927, 28).