the complex of the Horti Lamiani were brought to light in these excavations but were quickly re-buried. Other important sculptural finds connected with the gardens are the so-called Ephedrismòs (in the Capitoline Museums) from the Piazza Dante and the statues at the Centrale Montemartini from the thermal complex of via Ariosto. The unity of the archaeological context was recreated for the exhibition "The quiet abodes of the gods" in 1986 based on the archives of Lanciani and on municipal deposits. Between 2006 and 2009, excavations found unknown areas of the Horti Lamiani under the future ENPAM building, where Lanciani had documented the long cryptoporticus with an alabaster floor and precious wall decorations, punctuated by columns in precious yellow giallo antico marble with bases in gilded stucco. The museum is centred on a Roman hall attributed to Alexander Severus (222–235), who built the nearby nymphaeum of Alexander (known as the Trophies of Marius) and by stamped water pipes (fistulae aquariae) which prove emperor's ownership; the hundreds of fragments of painted plaster and precious decorative materials, date the imperial residence and are extremely refined, and the new sector is related to the complex discovered by Lanciani by decorative marble elements identical to those unearthed in the nineteenth century. Other excavations in 2005–6 took place during the construction of metro line A in the gardens of Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. Gallery See also Roman gardens References External links Capitoline Museums site (LacusCurtius.com) Samuel Ball Platner' A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (London: Oxford University Press) 1929: Horti Lamiani La villa di Caligola. un nuovo settore degli Horti Lamiani scoperto sotto la sede dell'ENPAM a Roma - Report of archaeological excavation (2006-2009) Lamiani