Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Lib.
Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Lib. 36, 196: "...dicavitque ipse pro miraculo in templo Concordiae obsianos IIII elephantos."
So Pliny reports of four obsidian elephant statues that were placed inside the temple of concord by Tiberius (Yik Sheng Lee already wrote something about this) There might be a chance that this is a hint to the circle of obsidius, we currently are looking for.
The Temple of Concord in the ancient city of Rome was a temple dedicated to the Roman goddess Concordia and lay at the foot of the northeastern lobe of the Capitoline Hill overlooking the Forum Romanum at the end of the Sacra Via. It was destroyed and restored multiple times in its history, and its final restoration, between 7 and 10 AD under the future Roman Emperor Tiberius, is described in Pliny the Elder's Natural History. In approximately AD 1450 the temple was razed and turned into a lime kiln to recover the marble for building.
Nowadays only the base plate of the temple is left (marked in the satellite picture).
Nearby the piazza del campidoglio is visible, which partly overlapping the former site of the temple. The pattern of the plaza designed by Michelangelo centuries after the destruction of the temple is forming a big circle...
Maybe some local agents are able to check the portals in question for media - just in case...
So Pliny reports of four obsidian elephant statues that were placed inside the temple of concord by Tiberius (Yik Sheng Lee already wrote something about this) There might be a chance that this is a hint to the circle of obsidius, we currently are looking for.
The Temple of Concord in the ancient city of Rome was a temple dedicated to the Roman goddess Concordia and lay at the foot of the northeastern lobe of the Capitoline Hill overlooking the Forum Romanum at the end of the Sacra Via. It was destroyed and restored multiple times in its history, and its final restoration, between 7 and 10 AD under the future Roman Emperor Tiberius, is described in Pliny the Elder's Natural History. In approximately AD 1450 the temple was razed and turned into a lime kiln to recover the marble for building.
Nowadays only the base plate of the temple is left (marked in the satellite picture).
Nearby the piazza del campidoglio is visible, which partly overlapping the former site of the temple. The pattern of the plaza designed by Michelangelo centuries after the destruction of the temple is forming a big circle...
Maybe some local agents are able to check the portals in question for media - just in case...
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