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Terracina appears in ancient sources with two names: the Latin Tarracina and the Volscian Anxur. [3] The latter is the name of Jupiter himself as a youth (Iuppiter Anxur or Anxurus), and was the tutelary god of the city, venerated on the Mons Neptunius (current Monte S. Angelo), where a temple dedicated to him still exists (see below).
The Temple of Jupiter Anxur (Italian: Tempio di Giove Anxur) is an Ancient Roman temple that is located in Terracina, Italy. [1] The temple was built between the mid-second and mid-first century BC and is dedicated to Jupiter, who was the protector of Anxur. [2] It was located along the Via Appia which passed through the city of Terracina and ...
The cathedral was built in the 5th-6th centuries using the remains of a Roman temple with five naves in the city forum.The building underwent many alterations and restorations, among them those of the 11th century (reflecting its change of dedication from Saint Peter to the city's patron saint Caesarius of Terracina in 1074), of the 13th century and above all the extreme restoration in the ...
The cathedral of Terracina, dedicated to S. Cesareo, was built in the 11th and 12th centuries, [17] on foundations of an ancient Roman temple, dedicated to Apollo, [18] or to the Goddess Roma and Augustus. [19] It was served and administered by a corporation, the Chapter, composed of twelve Canons, presided over by the Archpriest.
San Cesareo in Palatio or San Caesareo de Appia [san tʃeˈzaːreo de ˈappja] is a titular church in Rome dedicated to Saint Caesarius of Terracina, a 2nd-century deacon and martyr. It is located near Casina del Cardinal Bessarione on Via di Porta San Sebastiano and the beginning of the Appian Way .
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The term pōmērium is a classical contraction of the Latin phrase post moerium (lit. ' behind/beyond the wall ').The Roman historian Livy writes in his Ab Urbe Condita that, although the etymology implies a meaning referring to a single side of the wall, the pomerium was originally an area of ground on both sides of city walls.
Feronia's temple at the base of Mt. Soracte which was near Capena. [26] The Lucus Feroniae , or "grove of Feronia" ( Fiano Romano ) was the site of an annual festival in her honour, [ 27 ] [ 12 ] which was in the nature of a trade fair.