Roman Agora
The Roman Agora (Greek: Ρωμαϊκή Αγορά) at Athens is located to the north of the Acropolis and to the east of the Ancient Agora.
History
[edit]The Roman Agora was built around 100 metres east of the original agora by Eucles of Marathon between 27 BC and 17 BC (or possibly in 10 BC),[1] using funds donated by Augustus, in fulfilment of a promise originally made by Julius Caesar in 51 BC.[2] The Roman Agora has not today been fully excavated, but is known to have been an open space surrounded by a peristyle. To its south was a fountain. To its west, behind a marble colonnade, were shops and an Ionic propylaeum (entrance), the Gate of Athena Archegetis. To its east was a Doric gate, the East Propylon,[3] next to the Tower of the Winds and a set of "vespasianae" (public toilets). An inscription records the existence of an Agoranomion (an office for market officials), while another, set on the propylaeum of Athena Archegetis records a decree of the age of Hadrian regarding the tax obligations of oil merchants.[4]
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Ρωμαϊκή Αθήνα". Αρχαιολογία Online (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ Schmalz 2009, pp. 79–80.
- ^ Camp, 2001: 192
- ^ Ζαρμακούπη, 2023: 139
Bibliography
[edit]- Camp, John M. (2001). The Archaeology of Athens. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300081979.
- Schmalz, Geoffrey C. R. (2009). Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens : a new epigraphy and prosopography. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-17009-4.
- Ζαρμακούπη, Μ. (2023). "Ρωμαϊκή Αθήνα". Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες 141, 125-127, 139.
External links
[edit]Media related to Roman Agora (Athens) at Wikimedia Commons
- The Roman Agora & the Tower of Winds at The Stoa Consortium (www.stoa.org).
- The Roman Agora: the first commercial centre of Athens at National Hellenistic Research Foundation (www.eie.gr).