Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1917 — Pompey’s Pillar. [ARTICLE]

Pompey’s Pillar.

This is the name of a celebrated column standing on a slight elevation in the southwest section of aneient Alexandria, a short distance outside the Arabian walls. It is a monolith of red granite of the Corinthian order, raised upon a pedestal. Its total height Is 98 feet 9 Miches, shaft 73 feet, circumference 29 feet 8 inches. The present name is a mere Invention of travelers. The inscription on the bases - shows that it was erected by Publius, Eparch of Egypt, in honor of the Emperor Diocletian, A. D., 302. It stood in the center of the court of the Serapheum or great sanctuary, of Serapls, and survived its transformations into a church and a fortification. I—-