VII.8 Pompeii. Forum South Side.
Foro Civile, Lato Sud. Südseite des Forums.
Forum South Side. Excavated 1813.
Foro/Forum: Nord/North
Est/East
Ovest/West Tempio di
Iuppiter/Temple of Jupiter Pianta/Plan
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. August 2021. Looking towards south
side and south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 2023.
Looking across south side of Forum towards south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum.
2017/2018/2019.
Looking west across south side of forum towards the Basilica in
south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe
Ciaramella.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. April 2005. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1989. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Anne Fettis.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum, 1982 or 1983. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum, after the 1980 earthquake.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VII.8 Pompeii. November 1966. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii. September 2017.
Looking
towards the south-west corner of the Forum, and along the west side. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Looking
towards the south-west corner of the Forum, and along the west side. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1959. Looking towards the south-west corner. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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VII.8 Pompeii Forum. September 2005. Looking west across the south side.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. January 2009. Looking south towards south-west corner. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
According to Mau, the four monuments arranged in a group with the arched monument at the centre were of the imperial family.
VII.8 Pompeii. March 2014. Looking towards west side of forum in south-west corner.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Looking towards the south-west corner of the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8
Pompeii Forum. 1920s. Looking south-west towards south side. Photo courtesy of
Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. Looking south towards the south side, in south-west corner.
VII.8 Pompeii. South side of forum in south-west corner. September 2018. Looking south-east towards statue bases.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii. South-west corner of forum. September 2018. Looking north-west towards statue bases.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii. South-west corner of
forum. September 2018.
Looking north-west towards statue base at west end of south side.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii. South side of forum. September 2018.
Looking north towards statue bases in south-west corner.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC
Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Forum. 1845 drawing looking south from the north end.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. May 2010. Looking south-east towards centre of south side.
VII.8 Pompeii. 1905. Looking south-east towards centre of south side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020.
Looking towards south side with arched monument of Augustus, according to Mau, in centre. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii. December 1968. Looking towards south side of Forum.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Pre-1937-39. Arched monument of Augustus (?) in centre of south side.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1123.
According to Van Buren –
“The centre of the south end of the Forum is occupied by a large rectangular arched structure of masonry, faced with opus incertum and tiles. It lies in the axis of the Capitolium and of the Forum. Mau, (Note 2; Rom. Mitth, XI, 1896, pp.153 f.) proposed the conjecture that this is a base which once supported a statue of Augustus, and he made use of this conjecture in connection with an elaborate theory as to the identification of the various statues which once stood on the bases in the Forum. He assumes a colossal bronze standing statue as best meeting the conditions of proportion and stability.
In the first place must be advanced an objection on the score of historical improbability. A glance at our Pl.25, fig.4 will show that if there ever was a standing statue on the arched structure in question, the statue was a colossus so huge as absolutely to dominate the Forum, and more than challenge comparison with the cult statue of Jupiter in the Capitoline temple facing. It is inconceivable that Augustus would have permitted, or that Tiberius would have tolerated, the erection of such a statue in Italy during their reigns: it was reserved for Nero and Domitian to assimilate themselves to divinity in so outspoken a fashion. ………………………………
I have no hesitation in proposing to identify the arched structure as simply the Ianus of Pompeii, and to associate its erection in its present form with some renewal or extension of the privileges of the city under the early Empire.”
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. South side of Forum looking north from
arch towards temple of Jupiter. Pre 1918 photo referred to by Van Buren.
See Van Buren, Albert William. The Arch at the South End of the
Forum. Part III in Memoirs of American Academy in Rome, 1918, (pl.25,4).
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2009. South side looking south.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Between 1867 and 1874.
Looking north from south side. Photo by Sommer and Behles number 2303. Photo courtesy of Charles Marty.
VII.8 Pompeii. South side of forum. September 2018. Looking north-west.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. October 2020.
Looking north towards arched monument of Augustus (?). Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. Pre-1937-39. Looking north from south end.
Photo courtesy of American Academy in Rome, Photographic Archive. Warsher collection no. 1124.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. 1933. Looking north from south end. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2014.
Looking north through arched monument of Augustus (?) to base for statue of Nero (?).
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. March 2014.
Looking north towards detail of masonry of arched monument of Augustus (?).
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8 Pompeii Forum. April 2022.
Looking north through arched monument of Augustus (?).
Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
VII.8
Pompeii Forum. February 1988.
Looking
north-east from south side, towards Via dell’Abbondanza and south side of
Eumachia’s Building.
Photo by Joachime Méric courtesy of Jean-Jacques Méric.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
VII.8
Pompeii. South side of forum. September 2018.
Looking north-west to statue base on east side of centre towards south-east corner.
Foto
Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
Foro/Forum: Nord/North Est/East Ovest/West Tempio di Iuppiter/Temple of Jupiter Pianta/Plan