COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 34 - Templum Honoris et Virtutis
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The image depicts the Temple of Honor and Virtue was planned in 210 BC by Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Consul of Rome, at the Porta Capena. Because there were objections from the priests that temples to two deities could not be on the same spot, two temples were built in such a way that to get to the Temple of Honor, one had to go through the Temple of Virtue.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with the page title in Italian: Del Tempio dell'Honore e della virtu.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Temples, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Marcus Claudius Marcellus, c. 268 – 208 BC
Subject:
Temple of Honor and Virtue
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.
