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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa [a] (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ p ə /; c. 63 BC [1] – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. [3]
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
Agrippa also dedicated his Pantheon, the original structure where the current Trajanic reconstruction sits, in the same year. [10] In fact, Cassius Dio claims that three structures were completed by Agrippa in this year, the third being the Stoa of Neptune, suggesting that all three were related. [10]
Articles relating to the Pantheon, Rome, its contents, its history, and its depictions.It is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
The Porticus Argonautarum (Latin for the "Portico of the Argonauts"; Italian: Portico degli Argonauti), also known as the Portico of Agrippa [1] (Latin: Porticus Agrippae or Agrippiana) was a portico in ancient Rome. [2] The building was located in the Saepta Julia, [3] [4] a large square in the Campus Martius used for public comitia (assemblies).
Due to the limited archaeological remains, the majority of archaeological reconstructions are derived from the Forma Urbis Romae and corresponding literary sources. Located on the Campus Martius, between the Baths of Agrippa and the Serapeum, the Saepta Julia was a rectangular porticus complex, which extended along the west side of the Via Lata to the Via di S. Marco.
Inscription recording the patronage of Agrippa in building the Pantheon, below the unembellished pediment. Diogenes also created sculpture for the Pantheon's pediment , of equally fine quality, but lesser known, Pliny remarks, because the structure's great height made this work difficult to see.
Acqua Vergine Antica, which travels underground through some of the same channels constructed by Agrippa's engineers, proceeds into Rome on the northeast under Via di Pietralata, at a point formerly called Fosso Pietralata, crosses Via Nomentana, flows westward toward and through the park of Villa Ada, passes under the western limits of the ...