VIII.7.30. The Triangular Forum
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Location
Location Description
An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Sublocation
Insula
Keywords
Garden Description
The Doric Temple in the Triangular Forum was excavated between 1767 and 1797. A superlative view from the colonnade at the edge of the cliff looked across the Bay and a marble fountain basin supported by a fluted marble base stood in front of a middle column of the north portico catching water that spouted from a pipe above in the column. Fiorelli suggested that the temple most likely had been surrounded by a sacred grove. There was a stone schola in the northwest corner of the temple with a sundial on the back. The sundial was inscribed with the acknowledgement that L. Sepunius Sandilianus and M. Herennius Epidianus had built the sundial and seat at their own expense (CIL X. 831).
Plans
Fig. 28, Plan of Region VIII, Insula VII, 24-27
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Excavation Dates
Unspecified
Bibliography
- Fiorelli, Descrizione di Pompei, pp. 363-364 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, 1:155-157 and figs. 216 (balloon photo) and 217 (plan) on pp. 138-139 and fig. 243 on p. 156 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, vol. II, p. 223 (worldcat)
Contributor
Wilhelmina Jashemski (https://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326514&p=2193250)
Publication date
21 Apr 2021