• Drawing of the findings under the Lapis Niger on the forum; the inscription stone is located behind the round column in the right part of the drawing.
  • 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 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...
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  • In this article, we will thoroughly explore the meaning and importance of Lapis Niger, as well as its implications in the social, cultural, economic and scientific fields.
  • Lapis Niger (Black stone) oldest Latin inscription in Rome. It's meaning significance is unclear.
  • The Lapis Niger (Latin, "Black Stone") is an ancient shrine in the Roman Forum. Together with the associated Vulcanal (a sanctuary to Vulcan) it constitutes the only...
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  • Hidden by scaffolding on the Roman Forum, the Lapis Niger ('Black Stone' in Latin) is a large slab of black marble that covered an underground area said…