Ancient Marble Map Of Rome. Greek marble torlonia collection. Known as the forma urbis romae or severan marble plan of rome the map depicted rome s urban landmarks across five square miles in. This enormous marble map depicting ancient rome detailed enough to show nearly every bathhouse and temple in the city was created around 211 c e.
For centuries scholars have tried to match the fragments and reconstruct this great puzzle but progress is slow the marble pieces are heavy unwieldy and not easily accessible. Rendered at a scale of approximately 1 to 240 the severan marble plan was engraved on 150 marble slabs and originally measured approximately 60 by 43 feet 18 1 by 13 meters.
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The severan marble plan is a key resource for the study of ancient rome but only 10 15 of the map survives broken into 1 186 pieces. This enormous marble map depicting ancient rome detailed enough to show nearly every bathhouse and temple in the city was created around 211 c e. The severan marble plan is a key resource for the study of ancient rome but only 10 15 of the map survives broken into 1 186 pieces. For centuries scholars have tried to match the fragments and reconstruct this great puzzle but progress is slow the marble pieces are heavy unwieldy and not easily accessible.
