Roman Composite Capital from the Baths of Caracalla, Rome

A composite capital (Corinthian and Ionic) from the Baths of Caracalla (212-216 CE), Rome.

Composite capitals were popular with projects during the Severan period.

Compare to those on the Arch of Septimius Severus (203, Forum Romanum) or from an Arch of Caracalla at Ostia.

Other Severan-period examples:

- Rome, the Arch of Septimius Severus (203 CE); www.flickr.com/photos/roger_ulrich/4122189936/

- Ostia, from an Arch of Caracalla on the Decumanus:

www.flickr.com/photos/roger_ulrich/5778651485/

 

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