List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths
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.

List of ancient Greek and Roman monoliths

Section Title: Roman monoliths
Table Section Text: 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	Building / Object	Location	Monolith	Weight (in t)	Comment

1st c. BC	Apollo statue	Vitr. 10.2.13	Base	51?

10 BC	Flaminian Obelisk	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	263	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship

10 BC	Campensis Obelisk	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	230	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship

37–41 AD	Vatican Obelisk	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	361	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship

1st–2nd c.	Stone of the South	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Block in quarry	1000.12

?	Unnamed monolith	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Block in quarry	1242

1st–2nd c.	Layer beneath Trilithon	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Blocks, several	∅350	Podium of Jupiter temple

1st–2nd c.	Trilithon	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Blocks, three	∅800	Podium of Jupiter temple

1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Column drum, lower	48.5

1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Architrave-frieze block, central	63	Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m

1st–2nd c.	Temple of Jupiter	Baalbek, Roman Lebanon	Cornice block, corner	108	Lifted by cranes to height of 19 m

1st–3rd c.	Granite column	Mons Claudianus, Roman Egypt	Column shaft in quarry	207

113	Trajan's Column	Rome, Italia	Pedestal	~77

113	Trajan's Column	Rome, Italia	Base	55

113	Trajan's Column	Rome, Italia	Column drum, typical	~32

113	Trajan's Column	Rome, Italia	Capital	53.3	Lifted by cranes to height of 34 m

2nd c.?	Temple of Apollo	Didyma, Asia Minor	Architrave block	20.5

297	Pompey's Pillar	Alexandria, Roman Egypt	Column shaft	285

306–313	Basilica Nova	Rome, Italia	Column shaft	103

357	Lateran Obelisk	Rome, Italia	Obelisk	455	From Roman Egypt by obelisk ship

530	Mausoleum of Theodoric	Ravenna, Italia	Roof slab	230	Constructed under Ostrogoths

Sentence(s)

In Baalbek, Lebanon, The Stone of the South is a Roman monolith.

final_sentence: In Baalbek, Lebanon, The Stone of the South is a Roman monolith.