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The Temple of Hercules Victor (Italian: Tempio di Ercole Vincitore) or Hercules Olivarius ... The temple is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. The temple ...
View over sanctuary from Villa D´Este Temple of Hercules Victor. The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Italian: Ercole Vincitore) in Tivoli (Italy) was one of the major complexes of the Roman Republican era built on the wave of the Hellenistic cultural influence after the final Roman conquest of Greece (146 BC). [1]
The Temple of Hercules Victor, in the Forum Boarium. The massive marble mask weighs about 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) and probably depicts the face of the sea titan god Oceanus. The eyes, nostrils and mouth are open. Historians are not quite certain what the original purpose of the disc was.
Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (second century BC) was one of the largest structures in central Italy at the time, and was located outside the ancient city, across the road leading to Rome and Samnium. Measuring 188 by 140 metres (617 by 459 ft), it included a theatre, a large porticoed square and the temple.
Temple of Portunus (formerly called the Temple of Fortuna Virilis), near Santa Maria in Cosmedin and the Temple of Hercules Victor; Temple of Romulus, very complete circular exterior, early 4th century – Roman Forum; Temple of Saturn, eight impressive columns and architrave remain standing, west end of the Roman Forum; Temple of Vesta, small ...
The Temple of Hercules Victor ("Hercules the Winner") or Hercules Olivarius ("Hercules the Olive-Bearer) [3] is a circular peristyle building dating from the 2nd century BC. It consists of a colonnade of Corinthian columns arranged in a concentric ring around the cylindrical cella , resting on a tuff foundation.
Pantheon or Temple to All The Gods, unique among Roman temples, but later much imitated. Easily the most impressive and complete interior to survive. Temple of Hercules Victor, early circular temple, largely complete; Temple of Portunus or "Temple of Fortuna Virilis" – very complete Ionic exterior, near Santa Maria in Cosmedin and the Temple ...
Temple of Hercules Victor in the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Tivoli) Temple of Hercules (Amman) , the Roman temple in the citadel of Amman, Jordan, containing remnants of a monumental sculpture Temple of Heracles, Agrigento , in old Akragas in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy