alabandicum

Updated: January 27, 2026

The most precious of the old marbles of Rome is the Rosso antico. Its classical name has been lost, unless it be identical, as Corsi conjectures, with the Marmor Alabandicum, described by Pliny as black inclining much to purple.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood