Piece of a Corinthian capital from a column (a corner from the abacus)
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
From the Augustan Era: 2 BC
Material and technique:
Luna marble
Inventory:
FA 32
From the exterior order (peristyle) of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The Temple of Mars Ultor is generally held to be the first time that the Corinthian order was used in Roman architecture. Supported by an unusually high podium (3.55 m) made out of large blocks of Grottascura tufa stone faced in white Luna marble, the huge external order is anchored to the walls in square blocks and, as in many other buildings in the Forum, the constituent parts of the trabeation are made of several different sections.
