Abstract
The Epilogue shines a spotlight on one particular moment in the reception of Roman constructions: the staging and representation of construction in Fascist Italy (1922–43). Ancient Roman representations of construction have shaped modern conceptions of architecture and ‘Romanness’. Conversely, modern receptions of ancient Roman construction have influenced our image of what ancient construction looked and felt like. As an example, the Epilogue focuses on the transportation and erection of the marble obelisk on the Foro Mussolini (today’s Foro Italico). It considers representations of this process in film, photography, and mass media, but focuses especially on one consciously antiquarian mode of representation: a Fascist Latin text (the Codex fori Mussolini), composed in 1932, which contains a detailed account of the transportation and erection of the obelisk.
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