The Roman Marble Page

Bacakale, chief quarry of Phrygian pavonazetto, Iscehisar, Turkey, summer 1986

A catalogue of the

marbles owned by the Roman emperor and

their quarries of origin

and typical uses.

(under construction: target date January 2000)

You can use either a thumbnail images of type specimens or names (Latin, English, Italian) as a table of contents. From the main page for each marble you can find more detail under these icons:

quarry views quarry location representative & emblematic uses bibliography

The material is based on Chapter 10 of my book in progress, Marble and the Caesars. All photographs are mine unless indicated; all images and text are @ J. C. Fant.Feel free to cite text in the usual way but please do not dowload or reproduce images except by permission from me (cfant@uakron.edu).