The Horologium of Augustus - Haselberger, Lothar (University of Michinghan, 2014)
"The Horologium on Rome’s Campus Martius remains as controversial today as it was in 2011 when a collection of essays in the Journal of Roman Archaeology [JRA 24, 2011, pages 47-98] attempted to clarify the points of contention. Notably, the range of different positions has since increased. Broad agreement exists only on one point: the debate surrounding Augustus’ colossal gnomon-obelisk (re-erected in 1790-92 on Piazza Montecitorio) and its “wondrous function” (recorded by Pliny, NH 36.71-73) cannot be brushed aside. Any treatment of Augustus, whose bimillennial we are celebrating in 2014, and any study of imperial Rome, from visualizations of the material city to questions of propaganda and Kaiserkult, would be deficient without an acknowledgement of the Horologium, despite the intense debate surrounding it."–Preface.