The forum of augustus italian.
Temple of mars ultor marble.
The incomplete forum and its temple were inaugurated in 2 bc 40 years after they were first vowed.
Temple of mars ultor since many war related proceedings occurred in the forum it is no surprise that the temple of mars ultor was built within the forum.
4 the temple of the palatine apollo stood according to bianchini a little beyond the triumphal arch of titus.
Forum augustum dedicated 2 bc built 28bc rome temple of mars ultor.
The temple of mars ultor adjoining.
The torso of this statue may well be the one now in the capitoline museums of.
The fireproof wall with arco dei pantani and the columns of the temple.
The statues of the fifty.
Lezione virtuale della mia prima versione del tempio di mars ultor del foro di augusto.
The centre piece of the whole temple was a huge marble statue of mars who resided in the apse of the cella ahead of five egyptian alabaster covered steps and surrounded by the legionary standards which the parthians had taken but which following roman victory were recaptured and restored to rome.
Temple had tall podium tufa blocks for foundation.
Temple of mars ultor the front decoration of the temple is known through a relief from the age of claudius the ara pietatis augustae while the group of statues in the cella was reconstructed on the basis of another relief showing mars venus and the divine julius found in carthage and kept in the museum of algiers.
Continuing on into the cella which is accessed by a large doorway the.
As one moves away from the white marble of the outside of the temple and beyond the pronaos the space in front of the inner sanctuary one is greeted by the colours of the strips of polychrome marble paving.
It appears from the reverse of a medal of augustus to have been a rotondo with an open portico something like the temple of vesta.
Pepperino block touch of luna marble here and there.
Remains of forum of augustus with the temple of mars ultor.
Foro di augusto is one of the imperial fora of rome italy built by augustus it includes the temple of mars ultor.
Staircase built of concrete and luna steps added.
The temple was the ceremonial focus of military politics and foreign policy.
The huge marble statue of mars the avenger which stood in the temple was surrounded by the legionary standards that had been lost to the parthians in 53 bce but which were later recovered by augustus in a bloodless show of diplomacy.
Decorative elements inside the temple of mars ultor.
It was dedicated to the god mars to avenge the assassination of julius cesar.
Mars was a mythological roman god that represented military might and war.
The construction has been completed in 2 bc but the project of augustus stems from the victory obtained by the battle of philippi in 42 bc.