Column of Marcus Aurelius: Overall view, of base and column // CurateND


    
    

    

      
      

    
    




    
  
  
            
        
          
            
              
                University of Notre Dame
              

              
                Hesburgh Libraries
              

            

          

        


  

  
            
          
            
                
                  
                    
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                      
                    
                

            

          

          
            
              


  
    Search CurateND
    Search CurateND
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
      
      Search
    
  




              



              



  
    About
    
  
  	About
	Terms of Service
	Governing Policies
	Submission Agreement
	FAQ





  Log In
FAQ


              
            

          

        



    
  



  
      
        
          
              Column of Marcus Aurelius: Overall view, of base and column

  
    Image

    

  

          

          
                  Generate Citation
    Usage Details

          

        

      

    
      
        




    
    
      
        
          

          
            
              
              Click to Expand

          

          
              
Description



Roman victory column, with a spiral relief, built in honour of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and modeled on Trajan’s Column. Because the original dedicatory inscription has been destroyed, it is not known whether it was built during the emperor’s reign (on the occasion of the triumph over the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians in the year 176) or after his death in 180; however, an inscription found in the vicinity attests that the column was completed by 193. As with Trajan’s column, there is an interior stairway. About 3 metres of the base have been below ground level since 1589 when, by order of pope Sixtus V, the whole column was restored by Domenico Fontana and adapted to the ground level of that time. Also a bronze statue of the apostle St. Paul was placed on the top platform, to go with that of St. Peter on Trajan’s Column (27 October 1588). (Originally the top platform probably had a statue of Marcus Aurelius, but it had been already lost by the 16th century.)






Attributes

  	Attribute Name	Values
	Alternate Title		Columna Centenaria Divorum Marci et Faustinae




	Creator		G. Massiot & cie




	Subject		Columns


	Architecture




	Date Created		1910-01-01




	Date Digitized		2007-01-01




	Cultural Context		Roman (ancient Italian style)


	Imperial (Roman)




	Place of Creation		Rome, Lazio, Italy: Piazza Colonna in front of Palazzo Chigi


	Rome


	+41.900833+12.479861




	Departments and Units		University of Notre DameHesburgh LibrariesGeneral


	Member of		Architectural Lantern Slides of Italy


	Temporal Coverage		before or circa 1910




	Record Visibility	
        Public

      
	Content License		 Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0


	Use Permissions		To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.







  

    
  
        
      
Collections

    
    	Collections Featuring this Image
	
              Architectural Lantern Slides of Italy





          

        

      


    

  
  




      

    

      
        
          

  Files

      	Thumbnail	File Name	Description	Size	Type	File Access	Actions

Please Note: You may encounter a delay before a download begins. Large or infrequently accessed files can take several minutes to retrieve from our archival storage system.
            
              	
      

  
  

  	Italy-Rome-column-Marcus-Aurelius.jpg		617 KB	image/jpeg	
    Public 

  	

    
      
    
       Begin Download




    

    
      View Details
    


  
    

  




	
      

  
  

  	image_1155.xml		5.05 KB	text/xml	
    Public 

  	

    
      
    
       Begin Download




    

    
      View Details
    


  
    

  




	
      

  
  

  	Italy-Rome-column-Marcus-Aurelius.tif		331 MB	image/tiff	
    Public 

  	

    
      
    
       Begin Download




    

    
      View Details
    


  
    

  






      
        

    
      1 - 3 of 3
    



      



        

      

  


  
  
    
      
        
          CurateND is a service of the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame.
        

        
          Questions? Contact the CurateND Support team at curate@nd.edu.
        

        
          Help
        

        
          Copyright © 2021 University of Notre Dame