By James Packer
Purpose
For centuries, chance discoveries of the remains of the Theater
of Pompey have been made in and around the Pio Palace. Virtually
all these discoveries have been lost, and I have, therefore,
prepared a catalogue that includes the written references (published
and unpublished) that cite and describe these discoveries. From
these entries, future students of the Theater of Pompey may gain
a fairly accurate idea of the types, measurements, and marbles
that once made up the fabric of the Theater. In most cases, the
original description of the fragment is given in as complete a
form as possible, and the entries below are arranged according
to architectural type: bases, shafts (by material and size), capitals
(Corinthian, Corinthianizing, Ionic), architraves, friezes, architrave/friezes,
cornices, entablatures, archivolts, transennas, pavements, inscriptions,
sculpture, walls and piers, stairs/seats, miscellaneous
objects, the Hecatostylum, streets, the Forma Urbis, the Temple
of Venus Victrix, the scaenae frons, colonnades, and
construction.
Model of Palazzo Pio and the Surrounding Buildings (John Burge)