VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Basilica.

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Mau gives a description of the Basilica and reconstruction drawings.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p. 70-9).

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. June 1962. Looking towards north wall of Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. June 1962. Looking north to doorway VIII.1.2 from Basilica onto Via Marina. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.2 Pompeii. November 1961. Looking north through doorway in north wall of Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.I.1 Pompeii. August 27, 1904.

Looking east towards north wall, and doorway at VIII.1.2. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. December 2005.

Basilica, north wall and corridor. Looking east along remains of half round columns and stucco plaster.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. December 1968. Looking east along north wall of Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Basilica, looking east along north corridor towards Forum.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 1933. Looking towards north side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. September 2018. Looking east along north wall of Basilica.

Foto Anne Kleineberg, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. September 2015. Basilica, looking east along north wall.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. September 2015.

Looking east along north wall on east side of Via Marina entrance at VIII.1.2

VIII.1.1 Pompeii, 7th August 1976. Looking south-east across Basilica towards south end of Forum.

Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 1958. Looking east along north side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 1956. Looking east along north side. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 1952 (from a navy visit of the USS Cabot (CVL-28)). Looking south-east across Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. January 2023. Looking east along main central room, from west end. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colomer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Basilica, looking east along main central room.

Note, in the background, the three columns on top of four columns in the Forum.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. One of a pack of postcards dated 1927. Looking east towards the Forum.

Note there is only a single horizontal cross beam on two pillars of the Forum in the distance. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 2nd February 1924. Looking east from west end across Basilica, towards Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 29th March 1922. Looking east along main central room of Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. c.1880. Looking east towards the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. From a coloured album by M. Amodio, dated c.1880. Looking east towards Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Looking east from west end across main central room of Basilica, towards Forum.

Michel Amodio Cabinet Card no. 2978.  Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Michel Amodio Cabinet Card no. 2978. Rear of card. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Looking east from west end across main central room of Basilica, towards Forum.

Giorgio Sommer Cabinet Card number 5334. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Looking east from west end across main central room of Basilica, towards Forum.

Photograph by G. Sommer. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. c.1870. Looking east towards the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Album by Roberto Rive dated 1868. Looking east towards Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Possibly c.1860s? Looking east towards the Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

Note there is no horizontal cross beam on the Forum columns in the background hence the suggested date.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. December 2005. Basilica, entrance on east side, looking towards Forum.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. July 2012. Looking east towards south end of the Forum.

Photo courtesy of John Vanko. His father took the identical photo in February 1952, see below.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. February 1952. Looking east towards Forum.

Photo courtesy of John Vanko. His father took this photo in 1952, identical to the one above.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. November 1958. Looking east from Basilica onto Forum. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. March 1939 during a stop on a world cruise on SS Carinthia.

Looking east towards Forum from Basilica. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. 1910. Looking east towards Forum. Photo courtesy of Drew Baker.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. c.1819. Drawing by W. Gell of the Basilica

At the rear of the Basilica are steps, presumably leading to the Temple of Venus.

See Gell W & Gandy, J.P: Pompeii published 1819 [Dessins publiés dans l'ouvrage de Sir William Gell et John P. Gandy, Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompei, 1817-1819], pl. 80.

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VIII.1.1 Pompeii, on right. April 2023. Inscription from Basilica on right, and from Temple of Fortuna Augusta on left.

On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv.3770 on right, and inv. 3810 (from Temple of Fortuna Augusta) on left. 

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

On right: VIII, 1, 1, Basilica (15 agosto 1813)

Martialis C(ai) Oli Primi

M(anius) Salarius Crocus

Primigenius C(ai) Oli Primi

min(istri) Fortunae Aug(ustae)

iussu

Q(uinti) Postumi Modesti C(ai) Vibi Secundi

d(uum)v(irorum) i(ure) d(icundo)

C(ai) Memmi Iuniani Q(uinti) Brutti Balbi aedil(ium)

[L(ucio) D]uvio P(ublio) Clodio co(n)s(ulibus)      [CIL X, 826]

On left: Tempio della Fortuna Augusta (23 febbraio 1824)

[Augu]ṣto Caesari
[Divi f(ilio)], p̣arenti patriae.     [CIL X, 823]

VIII.1.1 Pompeii.

Dedicatory inscription to Martialis, Manius Salarius Crocus and Primigenius, ministry of Fortuna Augusta.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. number 3770.

According to Cooley, this translates as:

Martialis, slave of Gaius Olius Primus; Manius Salarius Crocus; Primigenius, slave of Gaius Olius Primus, attendants of Augustan Fortune; by command of Quintus Postumius Modestus and Gaius Vibius Secundus, duumvirs with judicial power, and of Gaius Memmius Iunianus and Quintus Bruttius Balbus, aediles, in the consulship of [Lucius D]uvius and Publius Clodius. (CIL X 826 = ILS 6383)

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 136, E51.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this read

Martialis C(ai) Oli Primi

M(anius) Salarius Crocus

Primigenius C(ai) Oli Primi

min(istri) Fortunae Aug(ustae)

iussu

Q(uinti) Postumi Modesti C(ai) Vibi Secundi

d(uum)v(irorum) i(ure) d(icundo)

C(ai) Memmi Iuniani Q(uinti) Brutti Balbi aedil(ium)

[L(ucio) D]uvio P(ublio) Clodio co(n)s(ulibus)      [CIL X 826]

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. June 2017. Found 1814.

Marble Dedicatory inscription (from 49-54AD) to Lucius Numisius Primus, Lucius Numisius Optatus, Lucius Melissaeus Plocamus, ministry of Fortuna Augusta.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 3771. (CIL X 827 = ILS 6384).

According to the information card in the Museum –

“The cult of Fortuna Redux was instituted in Rome to hail the return of Augustus from one of his military expeditions (from the east in 19BC or from the west in 13 BC).

At Pompeii, the Roman knight Marcus Tullius shouldered the costs for buying the building plot and erecting the temple, which was inaugurated in 3AD.

The priestly collegium is composed of freedmen.

The inscription was found reused”.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii.

Dedicatory inscription to Lucius Numisius Primus, Lucius Numisius Optatus, Lucius Melissaeus Plocamus, ministry of Fortuna Augusta.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum. Inventory number 3771.

According to Cooley, this translates as –

Lucius Numisius Primus, Lucius Numisius Optatus, Lucius Melissaeus Plocamus, attendants of Augustan Fortune; in accordance with a decree of the town councillors, by command of Lucius Iulius Ponticus and Publius Gavius Pastor, duumvirs with judicial power, and of Quintus Poppaeus and Gaius Vibius, aediles, in the consulship of Quintus Futius and Publius Calvisius. (CIL X 827 = ILS 6384)

See Cooley, A. and M.G.L., 2014. Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge, p. 136, E50.

According to Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (See www.manfredclauss.de) this reads

L(ucius) Numisius Primus

L(ucius) Numisius Optatus

L(ucius) Melissaeus

Plocamus

ministr(i) Fortun(ae) Aug(ustae)

ex d(ecreto) d(ecurionum) iussu

L(uci) Iuli Pontici P(ubli) Gavi Pastoris

d(uum)v(irorum) i(ure) d(icundo)

Q(uinti) Poppaei C(ai) Vibi aedil(ium)

Q(uinto) Futio P(ublio) Calvisio co(n)s(ulibus)      [CIL X 827]

VIII.1.1 Pompeii,

Marble dedication by Publius Stallius Agathon, found in Basilica.

Now in Naples Archaeological Museum, inv. 3767 (CIL X, 884). Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

It reads –

“Publius Stallius Agathon, cult attendant, donated in the year of the consulship of the emperor Caesar for the ninth time and of Marcus Silanus.

(The gift was) renewed in the year of the consulship of Publius Alphenus and Publius Vinicius, by order of Marcus Pomponius Marcellus and Lucius Valerius Flaccus, duoviri with judicial powers, [and Lucius Obellius Lucretianus and Aulus Perennius Merulinus, aediles]”.

According to the information card in the Museum –

The dedicator is a member of the collegium of ministri Mercurii et Maiae, who worshipped the emperor assimilated to the god Mercury.

The cult was initially performed in the shrine in the Macellum. In the Claudian age, it was moved to the so-called Temple of the Public Lares in the Forum, rebuilt after the earthquake of AD62. This probably explains why most of the inscriptions of this collegium, all datable between 25BC and AD40, were found scattered in other buildings.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023.

Bronze bust found in the area of the Basilica, said to be of Marcellus nephew of Augustus.

On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023.

Detail of bronze bust of young man said to be Marcellus, nephew of Augustus, found in the area of the Basilica.

On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.  Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Descriptive card for bronze bust of Marcellus. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

(Note: the English translation has a heading “Acanthus scrolls”, which should read “Young man said to be Marcellus”.)

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023.

Bronze bust of a young unknown man, found in the Basilica.

On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023.

Bronze bust of a young unknown man, found in the Basilica. On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Detail of bronze bust of a young unknown man, found in the Basilica.

On display in “Campania Romana” gallery in Naples Archaeological Museum. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. April 2023. Descriptive card. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.

VIII.1.1 Pompeii. Between 1819 and 1832, drawing by W. Gell, described as “Fax Simile – In the Basilica”.

See Gell, W. Pompeii unpublished [Dessins de l'édition de 1832 donnant le résultat des fouilles post 1819 (?)] vol II, pl. 18.

Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, Identifiant numérique Num MS180 (2).

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