Lapis Niger and Vulcanal

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• Terme di Diocleziano (Museo Nazionale Romana, Rome, Italy) - prints not available

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• Lapis Niger and Vulcanal (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Lapis Niger and the Vulcanal are the only parts of the ancient Comitium that have survived. It was a sanctuary for Vulcan, well-known from ancient literary sources, but it was only discovered in 1899, by the archaeologist Giacomo Boni. The sanctuary is located underground between the Curia Julia and the Arch of Septimius Severus on the Forum Romanum … [Read more]

Copyright © 2002 René Seindal, taken 2002-08-31 14:28:53