List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths information
Man amidst the collapsed giant columns of a Greek temple at Selinunte, Sicily
This is a list of ancient monoliths found in all types of Greek and Roman buildings.
It contains monoliths
quarried, but not moved
quarried and moved
quarried, moved and lifted clear off the ground into their position (architraves etc.)
quarried, moved and erected in an upright position (columns etc.)
Transporting was done by land or water (or a combination of both), in the later case often by special-built ships such as obelisk carriers.[1] For lifting operations, ancient cranes were employed since ca. 515 BC,[2] such as in the construction of Trajan's Column.[3]
It should be stressed that all numbers are estimations since only in the rarest cases have monoliths been actually weighed. Rather, weight is calculated by multiplying volume by density. The main source, J. J. Coulton, assumes 2.75 t/m3 for marble and 2.25 t/m3 for other stone.[4] For an explanation of the large margin of error, which often leads to widely differing numbers, see these introductory remarks.
^Wirsching 2000
^Cite error: The named reference Coulton 1974, 7, 16 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Lancaster 1999, pp. 419–439
^Coulton 1974, p. 14
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