page_title: List of Greek and Roman architectural records
section_title: Columns
hierarchical_section_title: List of Greek and Roman architectural records / Columns
caption_attribution_description: العربية: ترخيص: == English: Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria
context_page_description: The list of ancient architectural records consists of record-making architectural achievements of the Greco-Roman world from c. 800 BC to 600 AD.
context_section_description: The tallest victory column in Constantinople was the Column of Theodosius, which no longer exists, with the height of its top above ground being c. 50 m. The Column of Arcadius, whose 10.5 m base alone survives, was c. 46.1 m high. The Column of Constantine may originally have been as high as 40 m above the pavement of the Forum. The height of the Column of Justinian is unclear, but it may have been even larger. The height of each of these monuments was originally even higher, as all were further crowned with a colossal imperial statue several times life-size.
  The tallest victory column in Rome was the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, with the height of its top above ground being c. 39.72 m. It thus exceeds its earlier model, Trajan's Column, by 4.65 m, chiefly due to its higher pedestal.
  The tallest monolithic column was Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria which is 26.85 m high with its base and capital and whose monolithic column shaft measures 20.75 m. The statue of Diocletian atop "Pompey's" Pillar was itself approximately 7 m tall.
  The tallest Corinthian colonnade, a style which was particularly popular in Roman monumental construction, adorned the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, reaching a height of 19.82 m including base and capital; their shafts measure 16.64 m high. The next two tallest are those of the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome and of the Athenian Olympieion which are 17.74 m (14.76 m) respectively 16.83 m (14 m) high. These are followed by a group of three virtually identical high Corinthian orders in Rome: the Hadrianeum, the Temple of Apollo Sosianus and the Temple of Castor and Pollux, all of which are in the order of 14.8 m (12.4 m) height.
caption: Pompey's Pillar, the highest free-standing monolithic ancient Corinthian column (26.85 m)
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