COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 19 - Columna Rostrata...
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
After the Battle of Mylae in 260 BC during the First Punic War, a Columna Rostrata (a victory column), was placed in the Roman Forum in honour of Gaius Duilius, Naval Commander and Consul. It was so called because it was adorned with the beaks (ram bows) of the captured Carthaginian vessels. The Columna Rostrata became a favourite site for speeches.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with the Italian title, Colonna Rostrata.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Rome -- History.
Subject:
Gaius Duilius (lived 3rd century BC)
Subject:
Columna Rostrata
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
