Resumen de The use and symbolism of Pentelic marble in Domitianic Rome

Irene Bald Romano, S. Pike, E. Gazda

• 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