Remains of a pond from the 1st century AD conserved in the Garden of Quintus Licinius. Photo by Antonio Guillén, Museum of Badalona.
Ponds often served an ornamental purpose, provided coolness and allowed rainwater to be gathered, which was later used to water the plants. The pond conserved in the Garden of Quintus Licinius, which was discovered in 1957, presided over the peristyle of a large house, probably belonging to Quintus Licinius. It is rectangular in shape and has a semicircular exedra on each end and five steps on the southern corner to enter it. Today two-thirds of can be seen because the construction of a modern building prevented the rest from being visible.
