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Architecture | Rome | Via Appia
1. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
So-called “Tomb of the Horatii and the Curiatii” on the Via Appia.
Late republican period.
2. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Scale model (1:100) of a viaduct on the Appian way.
Late 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 1946.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
3. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Scale model (1:100) of a viaduct on the Appian way.
Late 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. MCR 1946.
Rome, Museum of Roman Civilization.
4. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Genealogical tree of the Scipios.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
5. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Facade.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
6. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Plan of the tomb with sites of the sarcophagi.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
7. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The last longitudinal gallery on the right.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
8. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The left longitudinal gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
9. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The left longitudinal gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
10. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Facade.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
11. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus
Aniene tufa.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
12. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The third longitudinal gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
13. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The third longitudinal gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
14. INSCRIPTIONS. Rome.
Inscription on the sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio, son of Hispallus.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
15. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (a copy in situ).
The Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Peperino. 280 BCE.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
16. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The rear transverse gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
17. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (a close-up).
The Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Peperino. 280 BCE.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
18. SCULPTURE. Rome.
A replica of the sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (decorative frieze and inscription).
The Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
Peperino. 280 BCE.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
19. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Tomb of the Scipios on the via Appia.
The rear transverse gallery.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.
20. ARCHITECTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio, son of Barbatus.
Peperino monolith. Ca. 230 BCE.
Rome, Tomb of the Scipios.