List of Ancient Roman and Greek Monoliths/Temples/Ruins

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Here is a list of ancient Greek/Roman ruins/temples/monoliths from Wikipedia:

Greek monoliths

Below a selection of Greek monoliths sorted by their date.

Date	Building / Object	Location	Monolith	Weight (in t)	Comment
~650 BC	Nikandre Dedication[5]	Delos, Greek isles	Figure	000025 !~1110.25
~650 BC	Fortification wall [5]	Leontinoi, Sicily	Wall blocks	000175 !~1111.75
~640 BC	Temple of Poseidon [5]	Isthmus, Greek mainland	Wall blocks	000050 !~1110.5
~630 BC	Temple A [5]	Prinias, Crete	Frieze slab	000050 !~1110.5
~610–590 BC	Sounion Kouros [5]	Sounion, Greek mainland	Figure	000200 !111~2
~610–590 BC	Naxian colossos [5]	Delos, Greek isles	Base	003400 !~1134
~610–590 BC	Naxian colossos [5]	Delos, Greek isles	Figure	002300 !11~23
~590–580 BC	Temple of Artemis [5]	Kerkyra, Greek isles	Pediment slab, central	000325 !~1113.25
~590–580 BC	Temple of Artemis [5]	Kerkyra, Greek isles	Architrave block	000500 !~1115 or 6.25
~565 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Syracuse, Sicily	Stylobate block	002400 !~1124
~565 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Syracuse, Sicily	Column shaft	003500 !~1135
~565 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Syracuse, Sicily	Architrave block	002025 !~1120.25
~560–550 BC	Temple of Artemis [5]	Ephesos, Asia Minor	Architrave block, central	004125 !~1141.25
~555 BC	Olympieion [5]	Syracuse, Sicily	Stylobate block	002025 !~1120.25
~550–530 BC	Temple C [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Stylobate block	001250 !~1112.5
~550–530 BC	Temple C [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Architrave block	001600 !~1116
~540 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Corinth, Greek mainland	Column shaft	002600 !~1126
~540 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Corinth, Greek mainland	Architrave block	001000 !~1110
~535 BC	Temple D [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Architrave block	001375 !~1113.75
~525 BC	Temple FS [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Architrave block	002100 !~1121
~520–409 BC	Temple of Apollo ('GT') [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Column drum in quarry (Cave di Cusa)	007300 !~1173
~520–409 BC	Temple of Apollo ('GT') [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Architrave block	004000 !~1140
~520–409 BC	Temple of Apollo ('GT') [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Cornice block	001250 !~1112.5
~520 BC	Colossos of Apollona [5]	Naxos, Greek isles	Figure	006900 !11~69
~520 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Naxos, Greek isles	Lintel block	002200 !~1122
~520 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Naxos, Greek isles	Threshold	002225 !~1122.25
~520 BC	Temple at Parikia [5]	Paros, Greek isles	Lintel block	002200 !11~22
~515 BC	From about that time on, cranes are assumed to have become common on Greek construction sites, leading to a sharp reduction of block sizes.[2]
~515 BC	Olympieion [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Column drum	000900 !~1119
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Abacus block, central	001150 !~1111.5
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Architrave block	000925 !~1119.25
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Architrave block	001100 !~1111
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Architrave block	001400 !~1114
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Metope block, lower (angle)	001350 !~1113.5
~500–406 BC	Olympieion [5]	Akragas, Sicily	Cornice block	001150 !~1111.5
~500 BC	Temple of Aphaia [5]	Aigina, Greek isles	Column shaft	000600 !~1116
~480–460 BC	Temple ER [5]	Selinunte, Sicily	Architrave block	001700 !~1117
~468–457 BC	Temple of Zeus [5]	Olympia, Greek mainland	Stylobate block	000850 !~1118.5
~468–457 BC	Temple of Zeus [5]	Olympia, Greek mainland	Architrave block	001650 !~1116.5
~460 BC	Temple of 'Poseidon' [5]	Paestum, Magna Graecia	Architrave block	001150 !~1111.5
~448–437 BC	Parthenon [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Architrave block	000950 !~1119.5
~448–437 BC	Parthenon [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Lintel block, largest	000900 !~1119
~437–432 BC	Propylaia [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Architrave block, central	001250 !~1112.5
~437–432 BC	Propylaia [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Lintel block, largest	001225 !~1112.25
~437–432 BC	Propylaia [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Lintel block, relieving [A 1]	000875 !~1118.75
~437–432 BC	Propylaia [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Ceiling beam, west porch	001000 !~1110
~421–405 BC	Erechtheion [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Block over Pandroseion	001150 !~1111.5
~421–405 BC	Erechtheion [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Lintel block, north door	000725 !~1117.25
~421–405 BC	Erechtheion [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Ceiling beam, north porch	001000 !~1110
~420 BC	Temple of Segesta [5]	Segesta, Sicily	Architrave block	001250 !~1112.5
~366–326 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Delphi, Greek mainland	Architrave block	000925 !~1119.25
~350 BC	First in Ionia, the weight of the lifted blocks begins to match again that of the Archaic period, indicating a mastery of the winch and compound pulley hoist by now.[6]
~340 BC	Temple of Zeus [5]	Nemea, Greek mainland	Architrave block	000675 !~1116.75
~340 BC	Temple of Zeus [5]	Nemea, Greek mainland	Lintel block	000875 !~1118.75
~310 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Didyma, Asia Minor	Threshold	004675 !~1146.75
~310 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Didyma, Asia Minor	Lintel block [A 2]	004800 !~1148
~310 BC	Temple of Apollo [5]	Didyma, Asia Minor	Jamb [A 3]	007150 !~1171.5
~170 BC	Olympieion [5]	Athens, Greek mainland	Architrave block, largest	002325 !~1123.25

Roman monoliths

Below a selection of Roman monoliths sorted by their date; the list also includes work on Greek temples which was continued into the Roman era.

Date [A 4]	Building / Object	Location	Monolith	Weight (in t)	Comment
000 !1st c. BC	Apollo statue [5]	Vitr. 10.2.13 [7]	Base	005100 !~1151?
002 !10 BC	Flaminian Obelisk [8]	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	026300 !~1263	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship[8]
002 !10 BC	Campensis Obelisk [8]	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	023000 !~1230	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship[8]
037 !37–41 AD	Vatican Obelisk [9]	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	036100 !~1361	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship[8]
100 !1st–2nd c.	Stone of the South [10]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Block in quarry	100000.12 !~1000.12
100 !?	Unnamed monolith [11]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Block in quarry	124200 !~1242
100 !1st–2nd c.	Layer beneath Trilithon [12]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Blocks, several	035000 !~∅350	Podium of Jupiter temple
100 !1st–2nd c.	Trilithon [12]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Blocks, three	080000 !~∅800	Podium of Jupiter temple
100 !1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter [5]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Column drum, lower	004850 !~1148.5
100 !1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter [5]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Architrave-frieze block, central	006300 !~1163	Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m[13]
100 !1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter [5]	Baalbek, Roman Syria	Cornice block, corner	010800 !~1108	Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m[13]
101 !1st–3rd c.	Granite column [14]	Mons Claudianus, Roman Egypt	Column shaft in quarry	020700 !~1207
113 !113	Trajan's Column [15]	Rome, Italia	Pedestal	007700 !11~77
113 !113	Trajan's Column [16]	Rome, Italia	Base	005500 !~1155
113 !113	Trajan's Column [17]	Rome, Italia	Column drum, typical	003200 !11~32
113 !113	Trajan's Column [16]	Rome, Italia	Capital	005330 !~1153.3	Lifted by cranes to height of 34 m[16]
150 !2nd c.?	Temple of Apollo [5]	Didyma, Asia Minor	Architrave block	002050 !~1120.5
297 !297	Pompey's Pillar [18]	Alexandria, Roman Egypt	Column shaft	028500 !~1285
306 !306–313	Basilica Nova [5]	Rome, Italia	Column shaft	010300 !~1103
357 !357	Lateran Obelisk [8]	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	050000 !~1500	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship[8]
530 !530	Mausoleum of Theodoric [19]	Ravenna, Italia	Roof slab	023000 !~1230	Constructed under Ostrogoths[A 5]

 

by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and http://hiddenhumanstory.blogspot.com/)

 

Source:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_monoliths