List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths
The list of ancient monoliths monoliths includes all types that were built in ancient Greek and Roman buildings; also monolithic sculptures such colossal statues are listed.
The transport from the quarry to the destination has been carried out on the land and preferably waterway, often for the occasion carrier ships such as the Obelisk ships were timbered. For vertical transport at the site since the late 6th century BC came off antique cranes with hoist, as they were utilized model for the construction of Trajan's Column, the older ramp technique.
Since monoliths were actually weighed only in the rarest of cases, the weights are based on estimates of the volume and the density of the stones ( weight = volume x density), so referred to in the literature values sometimes subject to strong variations. The main source for the Greek era, JJ Coulton, sets uniform 2.75 t / m³ for marble and 2.25 t / m³ for other rock types based.
Greek monoliths
A selection of Greek elements:
Roman monoliths
A selection of Roman monoliths; the list also performs construction work on Greek temples, which were continued in the Roman period, as well as Pharaonic obelisks which were been transported from Egypt.
Gallery
Greek monoliths
- Statue of Nikandre (0.25 t)
- Sounion Kouros ( ~ 2 t)
- The U-shaped grooves on the narrow sides of the stone blocks (here, the temple of Hercules ) indicate the use of cranes.
- Kouros of Apollonas (~ 69 t)
- Column drum ( s) in Cave di Cusa (73 t)
Roman monoliths
- Obelisco Flaminio (263 t)
- Obelisco di Montecitorio (230 t)
- Obelisco Vaticano (330 t)
- Stone of the South ( ~ 1,000 t)
- Untitled Monolith ( 1,242 t)
- Capital of the Column of Trajan ( 53.3 t)
- Shaft of Pompey (285 t)
- Obelisco Lateran (500 t)
- Dome of the Mausoleum of Theodoric (230 t)