Das Septizonium des Septimius Severus (Topoi E-I)

The dissertation project “The dismantling of the Septizonium and the reuse of its construction materials” concentrated essentially on two starting points. First, the monument was grasped on the archaeological level in its parts – few of them extant, most of them lost – and as detailed and accurate a picture of the function and original shape of the Septizonium was traced. Second, the aim on the material level was to find those parts of the Septizonium that were reused as spolia in post-ancient times, to demonstrate this in detail, and to reveal their original function in the Septizonium.