Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Mar 27, 2024 03:32 PM
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History
tags:
Altar,
extant remains
Marcus Nonius Balbus of Nuceria was an important civic patron of Herculaneum. Balbus was a praetor and proconsul of Crete and Cyrene and served as tribune of the plebs in 32 B.C. This architectural complex near the Suburban Baths included the terrace as well as an honorific statue and altar.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/395910246
40.8053264898, 14.346647052
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Terrace of Nonius Balbus (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ara of Marco Nonio Balbo (English, modern)
- Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus located at Herculaneum (30 BC - AD 300)
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sanctuary (religious center), architectural complex
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Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Terrace and altar of M. Nonius Balbus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/395910246> [accessed: 22 November 2024]
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