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The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Latin: Templum divi Vespasiani, [1] Italian: Tempio di Vespasiano) is located in Rome at the western end of the Roman Forum between the Temple of Concordia and the Temple of Saturn. It is dedicated to the deified Vespasian and his son, the deified Titus.
Statius claims that Emperor Domitian was largely responsible for the completion of the temple, not Vespasian - this issue remains controversial within the archaeological world today. [3] The Temple of Peace is part of the Imperial Fora which is "a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half ...
The Temple of Saturn, Arch of Septimius Severus, and Temple of Vespasian and Titus. Altar of Saturn (Ara Saturni), much older than the associated Temple of Saturn; Arch of Augustus (29 BC), commemorated the Battle of Actium (31 BC) Arch of Fabius (Fornix Fabianus; 121 BC), earliest triumphal arch in the Forum; Arch of Tiberius (16 AD)
In 75 AD, the Temple of Peace, also known as the Forum of Vespasian, was built under Emperor Vespasian. Separated from the Forum of Augustus and the Forum of Caesar by the Argiletum, which connected the Roman Forum to the Subura, the temple faced the Velian Hill (in the direction of the Colosseum). The fact that this structure is not mentioned ...
Temple of Venus and Roma – Northeast corner of the Roman Forum; Temple of Venus Genetrix – Forum of Caesar; Temple of Vespasian and Titus, three columns still stand in the Roman Forum, with other fragments elsewhere; Temple of Veiovis – Capitoline Hill (Basement of Palazzo Senatorio) Temple of Vulcan - Campus Martius
It was last rebuilt in AD 367 by Vettius Praetextus and was thus the last functioning pagan shrine in the Forum (such shrines had been forbidden by law more than a decade earlier). The Portico contained two distinct floors.The lower floor was constructed by the Emperor Titus alongside the Temple of Vespasian.
The Temple of Janus was a small temple just large enough to house a bronze statue of the god. A small portion of the temple's brick structure can be found beside the ruins of the Basilica Aemilia, along the path of the Argiletum in the Roman Forum, [ 4 ] so much of what we know about the temple visually comes from Roman scholars and artifacts.
The northern and southern ends of the forum were shaped as crescents, with a temple to Minerva (the patron deity of Domitian) at the western end, embedded into the northern crescent adjacent to the Porticus Absidata. The temple was built on a high podium, and had six Corinthian columns in front and three on the side. The back of the temple was ...