QuickTimeVR

Object movie

2.0M

31.0M

QuickTimeVR

Panorama movie

500K

QuickTimeVR

Panorama movie

500K

Still image

Reconstruction view

320 x 240

640 x 480

1250 x 900

Still image

Reconstruction view

320 x 240

640 x 480

1250 x 900

Still image

Reconstruction view

320 x 240

640 x 480

1250 x 900

Still image

View from Basilica Iulia

320 x 240

640 x 480

1250 x 900

Milliarium Aureum
A monumental, symbolic milestone was erected by Augustus near the Temple of Saturn and the Rostra Augusti.
Reconstructed state: Building as first dedicated on site
subfeature of Forum (Romanum or Magnum)

Bibliography

Adam, J.-P. (1994), Roman Building: Material and Techniques. New York: Routledge.

Giuliani, C.F. Verduchi, P. (1987), L'Area Centrale del Foro Romano. Florence: Leo S. Olschki Editore.

Mari, Z. (1996), "Milliarium Aureum," in Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, vol. 3. Rome: Quasar, 250-251.

Nash, E. (1981), "Milliarium Aureum," in Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome, vol. 1. New York: Hacker Art Books, 64-65.

Richardson, L. (1992), "Milliarium Aureum," in A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 254-255.

Related texts

De Vita Caesarum, 6.2
C. Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)

Galba, 24.4
Plutarchus (Plutarch)

Historiae, 1.27
Cornelius Tacitus (Tacitus)

Historiae Romanae, 54.8.4
Cassius Dio

Milliarium Aureum
Richardson, L. jr

Naturalis Historia, 3.66
C. Plinius Caecilius (Pliny the Elder)