FOLIATE COLUMN FRAGMENT, C. 27 BCE. ANTIQUARIUM OF THE ASSESSORATO ALLA CULTURA DI ROMA S. Prassede, where six intact versions of this column are part of the presbytery, is a long way from the little antiquarium belonging to the Cultural Office of the city of Rome, which overlooks the archaeological area of the theatre of Marcellus and the monuments and temples near it, and contains pieces from the same specific area. This foliate column fragment corresponds in every particular to the ones reused in S. Prassede, and is dated by the Sovrintendenza as being from 27 BCE. So it is not impossible that this represents another column from the same set, one which met an unfortunate end, and came from a monument here. The interior of the temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus perhaps?

This #spolia fragment matches the complete columns at #SantaPrassede - but we're down near the #theatreofMarcellus. Did these columns come from the temples of #Bellona or of #ApolloMedicus in #Rome? #AncientBluesky 🏺