Edmond Paulin
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Edmond Jean-Baptiste Paulin was a French architect. As a young man, he became known for his reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian. Later he taught at the National School of Fine Arts, and designed pavilions for two world expositions.
Paulin's cross-section of the Baths of Diocletian (1880)
Palais de l'Électricité et château d'eau de l'exposition universelle de 1900
Baths of Diocletian
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The Baths of Diocletian were public baths in ancient Rome. Named after emperor Diocletian and built from AD 298 to 306, they were the largest of the imperial baths. The project was originally commissioned by Maximian upon his return to Rome in the autumn of 298 and was continued after his and Diocletian's abdication under Constantius, father of Constantine.
Baths of Diocletian, with the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri built in the remains of the baths.
Cross-section of the Baths of Diocletian, rendering by French architect Edmond Paulin, 1880
Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built in the ruins of the baths
Funerary stele of a cook. Latin inscription: “Eros, cocus Posidippi, ser(vus) hic situs est” (“Eros, Posidippus' cook, slave, lies here”).