Violet Red Marble Roman Column Pillars Veneer Posts

Some pillars are still wood with a stone base, while others are carved into one piece of marble. The Romans standardized the production of pillars and their marble in the 1st century BC. This famous pillar was part of the Roman Pantheon.

The basic unit of a Roman marble column consists of a column and an urn. The column body can be divided into three parts: column base, column body and column head (column cap). Due to the different sizes, proportions, and shapes of the various parts, the treatment and decoration of the pillars are also different, forming different pillar styles.

The origin of Roman marble columns:

During the Mycenaean period from the 16th century BC to the 11th century BC, the Greeks sailed in the southern and central coastal areas of Italy, and then the stagnation period ended their voyage. Forced to compete with the Phoenicians on Western trade routes, they established a new trading base, and the colony was subsequently fully developed in the 8th century BC. They first established a colony in Pizcusa (a small island in the Gulf of Naples) in Italy, and then pushed their troops slightly north to the mainland of Kumi in Sicily and the southern coast of Italy.