Pompeii
The analogue of ionic column established in Pompeii at the entrance of the Apollonius temple.
Edition – unique.
Height 2003 cm.
Weight about 250 kg.
Pompeii was destroyed at eruption of Vesuvius on August, 24th, 0079. Archeological excavations started in 1748. In 1763 the conclusion was made that the city lying under the ashes is the well-known Pompeii.
During an epoch of early Roman Empire the big money were put in building of public and private edifices. It were duumviri (the elected persons managing areas together) who usually paid for that. Towns were decorated by sculptural images of the emperor and members of his family, and also public and private buildings were under construction. So in Pompeii the theater has been completed, stone benches for an amphitheater were made, Apollo's temple was finished and by the left of the entrance of this temple a sundial has been erected. The sponsors of civil works and persons who supervised over them as a manager or an architect had an opportunity to immortalize his name. In Pompeii marble tablets with names have remained many. The inscription on a column of a sundial can be
Lucius Sepunius Sundilianus, son of Lucius, and Marcus Herennius Epidianus, son of Aulus, duumvers wich judicial power, saw to this being made at their own expense.
Information sorces:
- Ray Laurence. Roman Pompeii. Space and society. // Routledge 11 Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, 1994.
- www.nicolaseverino.it
