COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 41 - Templum Cibeles (In Monte Palatino)
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
The image depicts the Temple of Cybele located on the Palatine Hill. Also called the Temple of Magna Mater, it was Rome's first and most important temple to the "Great Mother", whose Greek name was Cybele. It was built to house a statue and a black stone (possibly a meteorite) brought from Greek Asia Minor in 204 BC. The new temple was dedicated in April 191 BC, and Magna Mater's first Megalesia festival was held on the temple's proscenium. The temple burned and was rebuilt several times until it was ordered destroyed in 394 AD by Emperor Theodosius I.
Description:
The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with the page title in Italian: Tempio di Cibele.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Temples, Roman.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Cybele (Goddess) -- Cult.
Subject:
Temple of Cybele.
Subject:
Temple of Magna Mater.
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.
