The use and symbolism of Pentelic marble in Domitianic Rome

• Irene Bald Romano ^[2] ; S. Pike ^[3] ; E. Gazda ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

     University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

     City of Ann Arbor, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton (USA)
  3. [3] Villamette University, Salem (USA)

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• Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 772-779
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • During his rule (AD 81-96), Domitian seized the opportunity to rebuild the imperial city that had been badly destroyed by the great fire of AD 64 and subsequent conflagrations. Marbles were brought from all over the empire for this building program. The white marble from the Pentelikon quarries near Athens was conspicuously used for many of the major imperial monuments of Domitian's Rome, including the restorations of the Capitolium and the Portico of Octavia, the building of the Arch of Titus, Arch of Domitian, and the monument of which the Hartwig-Kelsey Fragments are a part - very likely, the Templum Gentis Flaviae, built by Domitian as the final resting place for the Flavian dynastic rulers. In this paper the authors discuss both the practical and symbolic reasons for the choice of Pentelic marble, highlighting Domitian's interest in demonstrating ca connection between his restored Rome and the city of Athens, the Pentelic marble city of Domitian's patron goddess Athena/Minerva