Decrianus
Decrianus was a Roman architect in the first half of the 2nd century.
The Historia Augusta - the only source on Decrianus, whose name is also Demetrianus, Dextrianus and Detrianus in the manuscripts - reports that on Hadrian's order , Decrianus moved the colossal bronze statue of Nero from Velia to the northwest side of the amphitheatrum Flavium in 120 AD to what he used 24 elephants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Müller: Architects in the world of antiquity . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7338-0096-6 , p. 153.
- ↑ Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Hadrianus 19:12.
literature
- Ernst Fabricius : Decrianus 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Sp. 2306.
- Werner Müller: Architects in the ancient world . Koehler & Amelang, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-7338-0096-6 , p. 153.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decrianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |