Central and Northern Campus Martius

Breviarium and Aicher Passages

 

Aicher p. 214, 218 or Claridge 'Field of Mars' for general plan; cf. also ÔclassÕ handout

 

Central CM:

1.     Campus Martius: 252 (A 81.1)

2.     Pantheon: 257.8 (A 90.5), 260.4 (A 90.2), 260.6 (A 90.8), 260.7

 

3.     Temple of Matidia: none

 

4.     Temple of Hadrian: 263.1+2 (A 92.1-2)

 

5.     Basilica Neptuni: none

 

6.     Baths of Agrippa: 259.1; cf. A 88

 

7.     Aqua Virgo: 258.1 (A 8.10) and 2 (cf. 259.1)

 

8.     Porticus Argonautarum, Porticus Meleagri: none (but cf. 257.1=A 83.1)

 

9.     Saepta Julia ('Voting Pens')/Diribitorium ('Ballot Office')/Villa Publica: 256.1 (A 84.3), 256.2 (A 84.2), 257.1 (A 83.10, 257.4 (A 83.4)

 


10.  (Porticus) Divorum: none

 

  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?

11.  Iseum et Serapeum: 255.3 (A 91.1)

 

12.  Area Sacra of Largo Argentina: 237.1 - 240.2 (A 86)

 

13.  Hecatonstylon: 245

 

14.  Porticus Minucia: 236.1 (A 86.4)

 

15.  Theatrum et Crypta Balbi: 232.1 (A 85.1)

 

16.  Theater of Pompey: 241.1 (A 87.4), 241.6

            Porticus: 243.1 (A 87.6)

            Curia: 244.1 (A 87.12)

 

17. Stadium and Odeon of Domitian: 262.1 (A 89.2)

 

Northern CM:

1.     Ara Pacis: 267.1=A 95.1 (see also on obelisk – and the horologium – 266.1=A 94.3)

2.     Mausoleum of Augustus: 268.2=A 96.3 (note also 268.8=A 96.10: this is the Poppaea of the villa at Opluntis, near HerculaneumÉthe hapless wife of Nero)