The Severan Marble Plan

The forma urbis romae or severan marble plan is a massive marble map of ancient rome created under the emperor septimius severus between 203 and 211.

The severan marble plan.

And mounted on a wall of the temple of peace in rome. And mounted on a wall of the temple of peace in rome. Carved in the beginning of the 3rd cent. This giant wall map of rome depicted every ground floor room in the city.

Each structure was meticulously labeled. Carved in the beginning of the 3rd cent. The severan marble plan of rome also known as the forma urbis romae was a carved plan of the city of rome produced during the first decade of the third century c e. For centuries scholars have tried to match the fragments and reconstruct this great puzzle but progress is slow the marble pieces are heavy.

Matteo cadario gives specific years of 205 208 noting that the map was based on property records. The severan marble plan of rome also known as the forma urbis romae was a carved plan of the city of rome produced during the first decade of the third century c e. Ce the large marble plan of rome variously referred to as the severan marble plan the forma urbis romae fur the pianta marmorea pm or as the forma urbis marmorea fum depicted in astounding detail the ground plan of all architectural features in the ancient city. The severan marble plan is a key resource for the study of ancient rome but only 10 15 of the map survives broken into 1 186 pieces.

The severan marble plan was created at the beginning of the third century a d. And mounted on a wall of the temple of peace in rome. Rendered at a scale of approximately 1 to 240 the severan marble plan was engraved on 150 marble slabs and originally measured approximately 60 by 43 feet 18 1 by 13 meters. Ce the large marble plan of rome variously referred to as the severan marble plan the forma urbis romae fur the pianta marmorea pm or as the forma urbis marmorea fum depicted in astounding detail the ground plan of all architectural features in the ancient city.

The severan marble plan was a 40 foot high decorative marble map of the city of rome mounted on a wall inside the templum pacis at one end of the sequence of imperial fora in the heart of rome figs. It originally measured 18 m 60 ft wide by 13 m 45 ft high and was carved into 150 proconnesian marble slabs mounted on an interior wall of the temple of peace. Under the emperor septimius severus.