The Pantheon of Agrippa

The Pantheon that stands today was built in the Trajanic-Hadrianic period. It is the third Pantheon of Rome. What about the original structure? We'll examine details of the first Pantheon of Agrippa that we can discern from the latest version and from ancient sources.
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0:00 Introduction
1:07 Pantheon and Mausoleum of Augustus
2:53 Pantheon and Forum of Augustus
3:54 Original roofing of Agrippa's Pantheon
5:15 Pantheon caryatids
6:29 Cleopatra's pearl earring

[@VictorRochaGaming]

I visit the Pantheon every time I come to Rome. The knowledge and skill of the ancestors still blows me away.

[@AncientRomeLive]

We agree!!

[@misaelfraga8196]

Do you need to buy tickets now? I think it was just a matter of walking in before.

[@JORIS1234HOTMAIL]

Me too. It is so beautiful and impressive. I always have dinner in the piazza when Im in rome ❤

[@JORIS1234HOTMAIL]

@@misaelfraga8196yes you have to buy a ticket now. Sqanning a qr code in front of the entrence is the easiest way 😊

[@edwardnewjersey1]

I agree

[@larrywilliams5490]

The excellence of all these structures and statues is just mind blowing.

[@monicacall7532]

The Pantheon is my favorite place to visit in Rome. There’s so much to see that you can never get bored. It’s a stunning building!

[@1fires1]

Its an extraordinary and stunning piece of engineering.

[@eugeniofranciscodesaboya9378]

What beautiful video and building Daryus. Thanks for share it. Regards

[@AncientRomeLive]

Thank you!

[@darrenmclellan6712]

I appreciate the deeper look with references and earlier, possible, inspirations.

[@wildmen5025]

Hail to the Gods of Rome!

[@dmd5645]

Thank you for the short summary of the history of this building. Great synopsis!!. That's why I love this channel!!. Thank you Darius!.

[@Marco-zt6fz]

I love your channel, thanks for sharing you knowledge.

[@AncientRomeLive]

We thank you!

[@IDPYouTube]

Is there not a conflicting claim that the original Pantheon was in the form of a “T”?

[@grafneun]

Awesome I must visit Rome

[@chrisklammt68]

The exedrae of the Forum of Augustus matching the rotunda of the Pantheon is a fascinating detail. Is this by chance a theory that has been discussed in peer reviewed literature, and if so, could you please share the reference? Thank you so much for your time and all that you do with this channel.

[@JeremiahAlphonsus]

Fascinating. I’ve wondered why the Pantheon is facing north.

[@kevin02mulder]

probably when its noon the sun shines in to the door than its time for prandium and a quick prayer 😋

[@stevenseibel9216]

He was awesome

[@Manu-ih7zf]

The Pantheon and Santa Maria in Ara Coeli are the first i visit, when in Rome. I hope to return some day to this wonderful city of my ancestors.

[@kevin02mulder]

yeah big solid bronze doors :) I believe under the portico you had a table where you have to pay temple fee. And the doors where open you could see a wooden room divider with tables on both sides for oil lamps and gifts :) linen banners with collars : yellow green red deep purple :)

[@AncientRomeLive]

Doors are cast - not solid but hollow - still a massive amount of material

[@kevin02mulder]

@@AncientRomeLive sure today but back than it would go all the way no window and it had much decoration. They used wood and plated with bronze and bronze figures. it looked solid. imagine even if the doors where closed it be a wonderful attraction to see and wonder.

[@RP-mm9ie]

Thanks

[@johkkarkalis8860]

I wonder what sort of emperor, oops! I mean "princeps" Marcus Agrippa would have been? I believe he was in the succession at one time, but for his pre-deceasing Augustus. The ever active, peripatetic Hadrian certainly was a man with the confidence to leave the inscription "Marcus Agrippa....built this" above the entry. A lesser ruler may well have removed the Agrippa reference. I believe Hadrian's massive tomb is also visible in Rome? The man was a builder! A temple to the gods. A mausoleum, a very long wall way up north. Hadrian remains my "favorite" of all the many emperors of Rome. His fertile, ever active mind is neatly detailed in Marguerite Yourcenar's "Memoirs of Hadrian". Rome continues to fascinate. Ave Roma!

[@user-uz2op6og3l]

Wonderful!

[@fieracarmen4713]

O clădire uluitor de bine realizată de către inginerii romani, care rezistă de aproape două mii de ani!Cei mai buni constructori și arhitecți au fost romanii,iar în zilele noastre nu ne putem lăuda cu o construcție care să reziste așa de mult timp!

[@kevin02mulder]

I want to go back in time when they made a apple food offering and when the rotten fruit gave a little snake it was seen as a miracle and a blessing of life. now we just stuck on this prison colony and live in our own past without giving fruits. The innocents of the early days are long gone. no comprehension how the ancient spirit of Rome made all this beautiful art work. from mud bricks to a decorated stone palace with the finest colorful curtains and Persian rugs for the people. 😁☺😌🤫

[@tunnus.123]

Great.

[@kingjoe3rd]

That one statue of Domitian does look a lot like his brother Titus which is sometimes hard to tell the difference.

[@nondescript2892]

if you have read Mary Beard's book you will know that to assign any ancient buste or statue to a specific caesar is chancy at best....

[@nigelmansfield3011]

I love the Piazza Navona where the Pantheon is located. The Piazza is on top of and follows the Domitian amphitheatre which may be visited underground.

[@Alex_Rome]

The Pantheon is located in piazza del Pantheon. Piazza Nav9na is a different one.

[@rodpayne5566]

Got kicked out of the Pantheon in 2018. Love retelling the story.

[@johkkarkalis8860]

Yeah! I heard about the incident where you were booted out of the Pantheon. The story has it that you were caught smoking a cigarette and eating a cheeseburger inside a sacred structure. The gods were not amused and gave you the boot. Are you contrite now?

[@rodpayne5566]

@@johkkarkalis8860 Double cheeseburger, actually.

[@johkkarkalis8860]

@@rodpayne5566 Thanks! for clearing that up . I got my facts wrong. Sorry.

[@dlcooper6325]

Are you saying that the caryatids possibly held up the porch?

[@Balthazare69]

I've always wondered why that columned front of the pantheon seems lower than maybe it should be, since the roof is lower than that part of the facade, it kind of doesn't fit aesthetically. Is it intentional or did they not have tall enough columns, which doesn't really make sense to me, since the Romans were excellent builders?

[@kevin02mulder]

looks good to me ? the portico is Hellenistic has a symbolic meaning for house of god.

[@sotony7483]

The portico columns are monolithic columns from Egypt and are exactly 10 roman feet shorter (40 roman feet) than intended by the architect (50 roman feet), as can be seen clearly from the surface where the portico should have attached at the top of the second string course on the rotunda, not awkwardly inbetween first and second. You can see this dramatically in the first couple of minutes of the video. Perhaps there was a misunderstanding when the columns were ordered, or the quarries couldn't supply 50 foot columns, or they were lost in transit and shorter ones substituted. The full size columns would have fit proper classical proportions and done the intended job much better of hiding the rotunda from the front, for greater visual effect when entering the building. The architect must have wept and one can only imagine what Hadrian might have thought.

[@kevin02mulder]

@@sotony7483 lol yeah right .. the romans where 10 feet taller 🤪

[@sotony7483]

@@kevin02mulder There's no need to be childishly sarcastic to mask your lack of knowledge, Kevin. The 40 ft versus 50 ft Pantheon columns have been written about in a number of authoritative sources, including Rome: An Oxford Archaeological Guide by Amanda Claridge.

[@kevin02mulder]

@@sotony7483 lol okay brother. one fun fact about the romans, they really had a bizarre twisted feel for humor. oh that's Satire🤣😜

[@davidfaulkner8201]

Is it possible that the so called disproportionate portico of the present Pantheon that it could be a surviving portico of the original Pantheon ?

[@giuseppedireda3211]

Peccato che non ho più il traduttore

[@kevin02mulder]

The old street in frond the portico is still there but modern houses are build on it so now its much smaller :-p that anoying fountain is a new addition by the Vatican lol

[@AncientRomeLive]

Layers of history!

[@kevin02mulder]

@@AncientRomeLive yes amazing 900 years the street plan did change a bit :xD

[@terpynews5458]

How does something made of marble or stone burn down?

[@sotony7483]

Stone burns if it's hot enough. Many Roman buildings no longer exist because builders burnt marble blocks from old buildings in lime kilns to make mortar to create new buildings.

[@terpynews5458]

@@sotony7483 must of been crazy hot. Thanks for the details

[@kevin02mulder]

@@sotony7483 I think they steal them to make Vatican 👹

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

Many stones will become soft crumble away when the wooden roof burns.

[@InlawsOutlaws]

The roof was wooden and if that burned, that collapsing and intense heat would eventually bring down some of the walls. When it happens twice in 20 years, you change the plan and buld a concrete dome roof that lasts 2000 years.

[@marial8235]

Agrippa was the man.🥁 Augustus would not have been Princeps 👑without Agrippa’s talents and loyalty. It’s also kind of awesome how he put Julius Caesar inside his Pantheon: a man that he almost certainly knew. It’s also clear that beyond politics Augustus (and likely Agrippa) was appalled at the savageness of his father/UNCLE’s murder.

[@r0ky_M]

The proscriptions by members of the 1st and 2nd triumvir (Julius and Octavian respectively) were rather ruthless and savage...Caesars murder doesn't rank any worse.

[@marial8235]

@@r0ky_M True…. At least those folks were killed by enemies for the most part rather than friends.

[@r0ky_M]

@@marial8235 Pretty sure Triumvir members also threw friends under the bus in the proscriptions.

[@r0ky_M]

​@@marial8235 Pretty sure Triumvir members also saw fit to throw friends under the bus in the proscriptions.

[@johannesnicolaas]

For me the most beautiful and holy place of pagan religions.

[@AWMulholland99]

These people would be better remembered had their entire way of life not sunk and hidden for goodness knows what reasons

[@OfficeofPrincessSheRa]

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