{"id":153575,"date":"2024-11-23T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/?post_type=ciekawostki&#038;p=153575"},"modified":"2024-11-23T19:34:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:34:20","slug":"asinius-pollio-creator-of-first-public-library-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"ciekawostki","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/curiosities\/asinius-pollio-creator-of-first-public-library-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Asinius Pollio &#8211; creator of first public library in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gaius Asinius Pollio (ca. 76 BCE \u2013 ca. 4 CE) was a Roman military officer, politician, supporter of Julius Caesar, and writer. Pollio&#8217;s greatest achievement was founding the first public library in Rome &#8211; the <em>Atrium Libertatis<\/em> (&#8220;Temple of Liberty&#8221;) in the Forum Romanum. Thanks to this building, works of Greek and Latin literature became more accessible. Pollio combined the library with an art gallery, making it a place with a multi-faceted cultural character. His actions initiated the tradition of creating public libraries in the empire.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The building in question had two wings, one dedicated to Latin works; second &#8211; Greek. Moreover, the facility was decorated with statues of heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Pollio was also the author of numerous works: speeches, letters, poems and, for example, longer works, such as &#8220;Historiae&#8221;, a work about the civil wars in 62-40 BCE. Unfortunately, the &#8220;Historiae&#8221; has been preserved fragmentarily, thanks to Appian of Alexandria and Plutarch. Pollio was also a patron of art and was friends with, among others, Virgil or Horace, supporting authors in their creative work. The doors of his house were always open to representatives of culture.<\/p>\n<p>Pollio was also involved politically and militarily. He took an active part in the civil war on Caesar&#8217;s side. After his death, he associated himself with Mark Antony&#8217;s camp but tried not to get involved in further political disputes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":93538,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"kategorie_ciekawostek":[147],"class_list":["post-153575","ciekawostki","type-ciekawostki","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategorie_ciekawostek-people"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/153575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ciekawostki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ciekawostki\/153575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategorie_ciekawostek","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategorie_ciekawostek?post=153575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}