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Rome: Forma Urbis Roma, plans of temples and gladiator school
Rome: Forma Urbis Roma, plans of temples and gladiator school (Vatican Mus.)
These 16th century drawings from Codex Vatican 3439, fol.135 are copies of fragments of the Forma Urbis Roma,
a detailed city map made on marble in about AD 200, of which today only
fragments survive. They include plans of temples (1) and of
the Ludus Magnus (3), a gladiator school.
Many
of the marble map fragments still extant in the 16th century are today
lost. The only extant one of this trio is the Ludus Magnus (#3). from
table 17. The other two are known from drawings on Cd.Vat 3439; #1 is
from table 58, while #2 is from table 31.
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