The Pantheon

Thomas EllstonPicture from: http://www.visitingdc.com/rome/pantheon-picture.asp

Pantheon Backround

• Built between 118-125 A.D

• Marcus Agrippa’s pantheon burnt in 80 A.D

• Emperor Hadrian replaced it

The insription reads: “Marcus Agrippa son of Lucius, having been consul three times made this”

http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/grammar/inscriptions.htm

The Uses• The use was not

clear• Believed to be a

temple• Unknown what

Romans worshiped in Pantheon

• Converted to Church in 609 A.D

A Cross section of the Pantheon

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/romanpantheon/pantheon.html

• Animals Were Sacrificed for the Gods

Why it is important

• 142 Foot dome• Largest free-

standing dome until 1420

• 20 ton bronze doors

http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/polisci.html

Bibliography

http://www.rome.info/pantheon/

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/italy/rome-pantheon