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  2. Roman temple - Wikipedia

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    Roman temple of Alcántara, in Spain, a tiny votive temple built with an important bridge under Trajan Temple of Augustus in Pula, Croatia, an early temple of the Imperial cult. Ancient Roman temples were among the most important buildings in Roman culture, and some of the richest buildings in Roman architecture, though only a few survive in ...

  3. Forma Urbis Romae - Wikipedia

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    The Forma Urbis Romae or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created under the emperor Septimius Severus between AD 203 and 211. Matteo Cadario gives specific years of 205–208, noting that the map was based on property records.

  4. Temple of Venus and Roma - Wikipedia

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    3D reconstruction of the temple as seen from the Colosseum. It was set on a platform measuring 145 metres (476 ft) x 100 metres (330 ft). The peripteral temple itself measured 110 metres (360 ft) x 53 metres (174 ft) and 31 metres (102 ft) high (counting the statues) and consisted of two main chambers (), each housing a cult statue of a god—Venus, the goddess of love, and Roma, the goddess ...

  5. List of ancient Roman temples - Wikipedia

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    Roman Temple Kalybe (Bosra al-Sham) Temple of the Tyche, Apamea; Roman Syria Temples (Modern Lebanon)- (Modern Israel/Golan Heights) The 30 or so Temples of Mount Hermon are a group of small temples and shrines, some with substantial remains. Some are in modern Lebanon and Israel. Roman Temple at Harran al-Awamid; Roman Temple in Qasr Chbib

  6. Maison carrée - Wikipedia

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    Front view Plan of the ancient temple The Virginia State Capitol was modeled after the Maison carrée by Thomas Jefferson. The Maison carrée is similar to a Tuscan style Roman temple as described in the writings of Vitruvius, a contemporary Roman writer on architecture, [9] although it uses the Corinthian order.

  7. Ancient Roman temple complex, with ruins of building where ...

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    Behind two of the temples is a foundation and part of a wall that archaeologists believe were part of Pompey's Curia, a large rectangular-shaped hall that temporarily hosted the Roman Senate when ...

  8. Temple of Jupiter (Baalbek) - Wikipedia

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    The layout of ancient Baalbek including the temple. The huge quarry nearby likely played into the Roman decision to create a huge "Great Court" of a big pagan temple complex in this mountain site, despite being located at 1,145 meters of altitude and lying on the remote eastern border of the Roman Empire.

  9. Did archaeologists unearth the oldest known Roman temple?

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    The dig has been challenging for the team as the temple is located more than 7 feet below the water line. They dug a hole about 15 feet deep and stabilized the walls of the hole with metal sheeting.