Leaf 43 - Templum Pacis Apud Viam Sacram

Lauro, Giacomo

Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625

1625

Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.

Temples, Roman.

Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Temple of Peace.

Via Sacra.

The Temple of Peace on the Via Sacra. The Via Sacra was the main street in the ancient city of Rome. It lead from the top of the Capitoline Hill, through the Forum, and to the Colosseum. It was the route the processionals used for a Roman Triumph.

The verso of this leaf contains text in three languages with page title in Italian: Tempio della Pace.

The Temple of Peace was located in the Forum of Vespasian. It was a large complex and considered very beautiful at the time. It held quite a few riches and was a place for display of art from Greece and Asia Minor It was dedicated in 75 AD. It was destroyed in 191 AD but rebuilt, probably by Severus. The image does not include the complex around it, the Forum Pacis.

Leaf 43 Recto and Verso

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Splendore dell'antica Roma, by Giacomo Lauro, in Roma: Nell Stamperia di Andrea Fei, l'anno del Giubileo MDCXXV [1625]

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Print

Page 28.5 x 21 cm.

Image 23.5 x 17.75 cm.

Engraving on paper

Via Sacra

Temple of Peace, Universtiy of Chicago Penelope

Templum Pacis, Universtiy of Chicago Penelope

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