Portico Di Ottavia

Portico Di Ottavia

Bound volume

Portico Di Ottavia

From the album Rome to Pompeii


ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 3/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.9 × 20.1 cm)
Mount: 10 11/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.2 × 35.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Phil Porter
Inscriptions Printed in image, BL: 453. PORTICO DI OTTAVIA
Inscribed in black ink on mount, B: B 201- \ Remains of the Portico do Ottavia, erected by Augustus and dedicated to his sister. \ Under Titus it was destroyed by a fire which raged in this quarter of the city, but \ was restored by Sept. Severus and Caracalla in 203 as the inscription records.
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