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The Temple of Portunus (Italian: Tempio di Portuno) is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, Italy. It was built beside the Forum Boarium, the Roman cattle market associated with Hercules, which was adjacent to Rome's oldest river port (Portus Tiberinus) and the oldest stone bridge across the Tiber River, the Pons Aemilius.
The Temple of Portunus is a well preserved late second or early first century B.C.E. rectangular temple in Rome, Italy. Its dedication to the God Portunus—a divinity associated with livestock, keys, and harbors—is fitting given the building’s topographical position near the ancient river harbor of the city of Rome.
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The Temple of Portunus, dating to the first century B.C., is a rare survivor of Roman Republican architecture and a reminder of the former magnificence of the Forum Boarium, a major commercial area along the banks of the Tiber in antiquity.
The Temple of Portunus is a well-preserved ancient temple in Rome that dates back to the 4th-3rd century B.C.E., and it provides a glimpse into the city's cultural and religious shifts over time. The temple showcases Greek influence in its Corinthian-style columns and use of materials like travertine and tuff to imitate the look of Greek marble.
In Piazza Bocca della Verità is this small rectangular temple dedicated to Portunus, the divinity of river ports, also known as the Temple of Fortuna Virilis. It stands in the Foro Boario, the area intended for the cattle market, near the ancient Portus Tiberinus, the first commercial port on the Tiber.
Located in the ancient Forum Boarium near the Tiber river, the Temple of Portunus is a well-preserved example of ancient Roman architecture. The temple overlooked the fluvial port of Rome,...
The Temple of Portunus is a well preserved late second or early first century B.C.E. rectangular temple in Rome, Italy. Its dedication to the God Portunus—a divinity associated with livestock, keys, and harbors—is fitting given the building’s topographical position near the ancient river harbor of the city of Rome.
The Temple of Portunus, also known as the Temple of Fortuna Virilis, is an ancient Roman temple located in the Forum Boarium, Rome’s cattle forum. Built during the late second century BCE, this temple is dedicated to Portunus, the ancient Roman god of keys, doors, livestock, and ports.
The Temple of Portunus or Temple of Fortuna Virilis is a Roman temple in Rome, one of the best preserved of all Roman temples. Its dedication remains unclear, as ancient sources...