Column from the temple of Venus at Sicca Veneria.
2nd c Roman Roman Imperial Architecture

ROMAN IMPERIAL Anonymous (c. 27 BCE - 284 CE)
c. 150-199
2nd c
Marble
Roman Imperial
Column
El Kef. Tunisia.
Chimtou. Musée Archeologique de Chimtou.
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Marble was from an Imperial quarry. This type of marble is known variously as giallo antico; marmor Numidicum; or Numidian yellow marble. This is the same type of marble column erected by the people in the Roman Forum in honor of Julius Caesar after his assassination.