• The Lapis Niger is mentioned in an uncertain and ambiguous way by several writers of the early Imperial period: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, and Festus.
  • The Roman Forum in the Republic. Site of the Lapis Niger and first paving of Rome.
  • The Lapis Niger is located within the Roman Forum and thus has the same opening hours and entrance fee as the rest of the archaeological excavations.
  • The Lapis Niger, or ‘Black Stone’, a slab of black marble, lies in the Comitium to the right of the Arch of Septimius Severus, protected by a low roof.
  • lapis niger , comitium içinde bir türbe ydi. lapis niger da yapının ayakta kalan tek parçalarından biridir, ancak yeraltında bulunduğu için görülmesi zor olabilir.
  • The Lapis Niger was a shrine within the Comitium. It is one of the only surviving parts of the structure, however it can be hard to see as it is located underground.
  • The Lapis Niger went through several incarnations. The initial versions were destroyed by fire or the sacking of the city and buried under the slabs of black marble.
  • The Lapis Niger (black stone), an ancient sanctuary where one of the first known Latin inscriptions was discovered and dated between 570 and 550 BC, is one of...
  • L'area ha l'aspetto di uno spazio sacro, protetto dalle intrusioni. Durante l'età repubblicana, tutto fu sepolto sotto una spessa coltre di marmo nero, il Lapis Niger.
  • Lapis Niger, the shrine where the first known Latin inscription was found, was already a mystery to the Romans themselves Niger lapis By La Brújula Verde.
  • The secret of Lapis Niger was discovered at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries during excavations conducted by the archaeologist Giacomo Boni.
  • When Giacomo Boni was excavating the Forum in 1899 he found a spot paved with black stone among the Imperial era travertine – the Lapis Niger.
  • The sanctuary consisted of an open-air horseshoe shaped altar, a column which was probably for the cult statue, and an inscribed stela, the Lapis Niger...