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Parthenon Symposia Series: The Amazing Colossal Temple by Susann Lusnia

Presented by Conservancy for The Parthenon and Centennial Park at The Parthenon

January 26, 2010

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On Rome’s Quirinal hill, in the area of the modern-day Piazza del Quirinale, there once stood the largest temple in the ancient city. One surviving architectural block is estimated to weigh 100 tons! This all-but-forgotten temple has recently come into focus once again. Questions surround its plan and actual size, but most of all, its date and identification. To whom was this gigantic temple dedicated and when?

On Tuesday, January 26, Professor Susan Lusnia, of Tulane University’s Department of Classical Studies, will re-examine the identification and, using new evidence, propose a likely identity for this amazing, colossal temple.

Dr. Lusnia earned her degrees at Mary Washington College and the University of Cincinnati (M.A. and Ph.D.), and among her research interests are the archaeology of Italy and the Roman Empire, Roman material culture and civilization, politics and propaganda in art and architecture. She has done fieldwork at the Bir-el-Knissia excavations (Carthage), and the Troy excavations in Turkey. She has received several awards for her work, and has held a Rome Prize Fellowship and Fulbright Grant.

The lecture, which is jointly sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, will take place at the Parthenon at 7:00 p.m., with a reception following. Admission is free, but reservations are required (862-8431).