Aesculapius

A statue of Aesculapius, perhaps from baths, was found in the area of the Imperial Palace. There is a natural association of Aesculapius and Hygieia, deities of health, with bathing.

Discussion of the statue of Aesculapius from the area of the Imperial Palace

The statue of Aesculapius. H. 2.20. Museo Torlonia, inv. nr. 94.

Aesculapius also seems to have had a shrine or temple. An inscription from the Hadrianic period, found in the Isola Sacra necropolis, mentions Caius Iulius Spiclus, sacerdos Matris deum Magnae et Aesculapis, so priest of Cybele and Aesculapius (EDR101683; for the text see the page about the Magna Mater and Terra Mater). Another priest features in an inscription from the late first or early second century AD, that was reused in the Isola Sacra necropolis:

M(arcus) POMPEIVS ANTIOCHVS ET DIDIA SVCCESSA SIGNVM AESCVLAPI IMPERIO POSVERUNT SVB C(aio) CORNELIO ALYPO SACERDOTE	Marcus Pompeius Antiochus and Didia Successa the statue of Aeculapius, by his order, erected, Caius Cornelius Alypus being priest.
Inscription found in the Isola Sacra necropolis, tomb J. EDCS-71200603. Photo: Cébeillac-Gervasoni - Germoni 2014, fig. 12.