Hadrian's Serapeum in Rome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4542771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rabun Taylor (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-266 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3764/aja.108.2.223 |
| OpenAlex | W2327834341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
Doubts persist about the identity and origins of the colossal temple on the Quirinal Hill in Rome, of which only small fragments remain. The present article confirms its identity as a temple of Serapis, but ascribes it to Hadrian and Antoninus Pius rather than the Severans, as most scholars since Hülsen have done. The Severan phase, it argues, was limited to a few possible restorations of the temple proper, a new surrounding portico, and the grand opus latericium staircase ascending the hill to the temple. It traces the journey of a series of Proconnesian columns from the incipient Pantheon porch, where Hadrian's engineers failed to find a way to erect them; to the new Serapeum on the Quirinal, designed to accommodate the colossal order that had failed the Pantheon; and finally, after a partial collapse of the Serapeum porch, to the Basilica of Maxentius, whence Paul V transferred a single column shaft to the Piazza S. Maria Maggiore. Special attention is given to antiquarian illustrations of the remains, especially those of Palladio, whose Pantheon-like plan of the Serapeum porch is vindicated; and to the statuary that is attested in the vicinity of the temple
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Humanities · Identity (music) · Porch · Temple · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |