Head of Mars

Testa di Marte
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Severian copy of a Greek original by Alkamenes of 420 BC
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 51
Origin: 
Rome, Largo Argentina: Temple B (1925)
Inventory: 
MC0795

The hall

Sala Macchine - Area sacra di Largo Argentina

The four Republiccan era temples which occupied the centre of the Largo Argentina precinct were, in ancient times, surrounded by a huge quadrangular portico. As the identifications of the temples are uncertain, they are refered to as A, B, C, and D.
The fragments of a colossal female acrolith, 8m in height, were found near to the circular plan temple, called temple B and attributed to Fortuna Huiusce Diei. It appears to be the temple’s cult statue.