Great Mainz Jupiter Column

The Great Mainz Jupiter Column is a civil monument erected in the second half of the first century in Mogontiacum in honor of the Roman god Jupiter. It is the oldest, largest, and most elaborate Jupiter column found so far in the German-speaking area. The Great Mainz Jupiter Column served as a model for other Jupiter columns, especially those erected in the second and third centuries in the Roman provinces of Germania inferior and Germania superior. It was destroyed in the late period of the Roman Empire and rediscovered in 1904/05. Today, the reconstructed remains can be viewed in the stone hall of the state museum in Mainz. Copies of the Great Mainz Jupiter Column are located not only in Mainz itself but also at the Saalburg Castle, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and in Rome.

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