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The Historia Augusta says that Hadrian dedicated the Pantheon (among other buildings) in the name of the original builder (Hadr. 19.10), but the current inscription could not be a copy of the original; it does not tell us to whom Agrippa's foundation was dedicated, and, in Ziolkowski's opinion, it was highly unlikely that in 25 BC Agrippa would ...
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]
Agrippa was born c. 63 BC, [1] [4] in an uncertain location. [2] His father was called Lucius Vipsanius. [5] His mother's name is not known and Pliny the Elder claimed that his cognomen "Agrippa" derived from him having been born breech [6] so it is possible that she died in childbirth. [7]
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.
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).
The Pantheon and the Fontana del Pantheon, a landmark of the Campus Martius since ancient Rome. The Campus Martius (Latin for 'Field of Mars'; Italian: Campo Marzio) was a publicly owned area of ancient Rome about 2 square kilometres (490 acres) in extent. In the Middle Ages, it was the most populous area of Rome.
However, most historians attribute the first Pantheon, built in 27 BC, to Agrippa, a close associate of Emperor Augustus. The Pantheon serves as the final resting place for the famed artist Raphael, as well as several Italian kings and poets. While there is very little surviving written information about the building historian Cassius Dio remarked:
The original Pantheon built by Marcus Agrippa (ca. 29 – 19 BC) contained a statue of Caesar alongside statues of Augustus Caesar and Agrippa. [1] The statue was potentially destroyed when the Pantheon burned down in 80 AD. He appears as a character in Lucan's Pharsalia (AD 61), an epic poem based on Caesar's Civil War