COLLECTION NAME:
Splendore Dell' Antica Roma
Record
Title:
Leaf 116 - Basilica Portia
Creator:
Lauro, Giacomo
Description:
Basilicas were built on lands adjacent to the forums to provide more space in the form of of a covered portico for a growing population. They were used as meeting places as well as places for the administration of justice. The Basilica Portia was thought to have been built by Marcus Porcius Cato when he was censor in 184 BC.
Description:
On the verso of this image is text in 3 languages with the title in Italian: Basilica Portia.
Subject:
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities.
Subject:
Architecture, Roman -- Italy -- Rome.
Subject:
Basilicas -- Italy -- Rome.
Publisher:
Andrea Fei, Roma, 1625
Date:
1625
Coverage:
Rome (Italy)
Coverage:
Italy
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
28.5 x 21 cm
Format/Medium:
Engravings
Source:
Splendore dell'antica Roma, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Though this item is believed to be in the Public Domain, copyright may have been retained by the authors or creators of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
