• Fig. 9.1. Distribution map of normal Corinthian architectural members in peninsular Italy in the late second and early first centuries BCE. Key: circles = capital; semi-circles = modillion cornice; triangles = capital and modillion cornice; 1 = Rome; 2 = Bovillae; 3 = Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis (Lake Nemi); 4 = Praeneste; 5 = Cora; 6 = Anagnia; 7 = Cumae; 8 = Pompeii; 9 = Beneventum; 10 = Aesernia; 11 = Forconium (Civita di Bagno); 12 = Tuder (Todi); 13 = Aquileia; 14 = Tergeste; 15 = Ostia; 16 = Cascia. Note that none of the monuments in Rome preserve both capital and modillion cornice in a single building phase. In the so-called Nicchioni monument at Todi, the modillion cornice is combined with a Doric Frieze. Data from Hesberg 1980 and 1981; basemap: Antiquity À-la-carte, Ancient World Mapping Center. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Figure 9.1. Distribution map of normal Corinthian architectural members in peninsular Italy in the late second and early first centuries BCE.

From Comparing Roman Hellenisms in Italy by Edited by Basil Dufallo and Riemer A. Faber

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