Central and Northern Campus Martius

Breviarium Passages

Claridge pp. 174-75 for general plan; cf. also ‘class’ handout

Central CM:

1. Campus Martius: 252

2. Pantheon: 257.8, 260.4, 260.6, 260.7; Dudley pp. 187-90

3. Temple of Matidia: none

4. Temple of Hadrian: 263.1+2; Dudley p. 186

5. Basilica Neptuni: none

6. Baths of Agrippa: 259.1

7. Aqua Virgo: 258.1 and 2 (cf. 259.1)

8. Porticus Argonautarum, Porticus Meleagri: none (but cf. 257.1)

9. Saepta Julia/Diribitorium/Villa Publica: 256.1, 257.1, 257.4, 257.5

1. Why is the Aqua Virgo called that?

2. How long was the porticus around the Saepta Iulia, and what was it made of?

3. Why did the Pantheon need to be restored in 202?

4. According to Tertullian, why did Pompey build a Temple of Venus atop his theater? Stella d’oro to anyone who can tell us something about Tertullian.

5. What appears to have been the original use of the area later occupied by the Iseum et Serapeum?

10. (Porticus) Divorum: none

11. Iseum et Serapeum: 255.3

12. Area Sacra of Largo Argentina: 237.1 - 240.2

13. Hecatonstylon: 245

14. Porticus Minucia: 236.1

15. Theatrum et Crypta Balbi: 232.1

16. Theater of Pompey: 241.1, 241.6; Dudley pp. 180-84

Porticus: 243.1

Curia: 244.1

17. Stadium and Odeon of Domitian: 262.1

Northern CM:

1. Ara Pacis: 267.1 (see also on obelisk – and the horologium – 266.1)

2. Mausoleum of Augustus: 268.2 (note also 268.8: this is the Poppaea of the villa at Opluntis, near Herculaneum…the hapless wife of Nero)