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Temple of Bacchus
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek (Heliopolis), Lebanon: a richly decorated 2nd-century AD Roman temple in the Corinthian order, 66 x 35 m, slightly larger than the Parthenon; its Bacchus dedication is hypothetical, and it is among the best-preserved Roman temples.
Temple of Bel
The Temple of Bel, also called Temple of Baal, was the main temple of ancient Palmyra, Syria, dedicated to the god Bel and destroyed by ISIS in 2015.
Temple of Caesar
The Temple of Caesar (Temple of Divus Julius) was a Roman Forum temple built by Augustus on the spot where Julius Caesar was cremated, dedicated in 29 BC.
Temple of Castor and Pollux (Rome)
Temple of Castor and Pollux (aedes Castoris, Tempio dei Dioscuri), Roman Forum temple vowed at Lake Regillus, dedicated 484 BC, rebuilt by Tiberius in AD 6; three Corinthian columns survive.
Temple of Castor and Pollux, Cora
Temple of Castor and Pollux (Tempio dei Dioscuri), Roman temple in the forum of ancient Cora, modern Cori, Latina, Italy. Hexastyle Corinthian, monumentalized around 100 BC; two columns and a dedicatory inscription survive.
Temple of Claudius
Temple of Claudius (Templum Divi Claudii): Roman temple to the deified emperor on Rome's Caelian Hill, begun by Agrippina in 54 AD, damaged by Nero, rebuilt by Vespasian; distinct from the Colchester imperial-cult temple.
Temple of Concord
Temple of Concord (Aedes Concordiae), Roman temple at the northwest corner of the Roman Forum; vowed by Camillus 367 BCE, rebuilt by Opimius 121 BCE and Tiberius 7 BCE; distinct from the Greek Temple of Concordia at Agrigento.
Temple of Concordia, Agrigento
Temple of Concordia (Tempio della Concordia), Greek Doric temple at Akragas in Agrigento's Valley of the Temples, Sicily; built 5th century BC, 6x13 columns, named from a Latin inscription, preserved by 6th-century conversion to a Christian church.
Temple of Cybele
Temple of Cybele: sanctuaries of the Phrygian mother goddess Cybele (Magna Mater), chiefly at Pessinus, Anatolia, and on Rome's Palatine (dedicated 191 BCE); the Pessinus temple's identification remains debated.
Temple of Demeter
Temple of Demeter: Greek temples and sanctuaries of Demeter, often with Kore or Persephone, at Eleusis, Teos, Miletus, Naxos, Cyrene, and Dion; identified by inscriptions, terracotta figurines, and piglet votives.
Temple of Demeter and Kore
Temple of Demeter and Kore: name shared by Greek temples to Demeter and Persephone, notably at Teos and Aigai (2nd century BCE inscription), plus Thorikos, Corinth, and Priene sanctuaries.
Temple of Demeter at the Sanctuary of Demeter Malophoros, Selinus
Temple of Demeter Malophoros, Selinus: sixth-century BCE rectangular temple without peristasis on the Gaggera hill, center of the extra-urban sanctuary of Demeter Malophoros, with monumental altar, mid-fifth-century propylon, and Zeus Meilichios precinct.
Temple of Dionysus Lysios (Thebes)
Temple of Dionysus Lysios at Thebes, a Boeotian sanctuary of Dionysus the Deliverer (Λύσιος) near the Proetidian gate, described by Pausanias 9.16.6, holding a Semele statue and opened once yearly.
Temple of Divus Augustus (Rome)
Temple of Divus Augustus (templum divi Augusti, templum novum): Roman temple to the deified Augustus, begun by Tiberius and Livia, dedicated by Caligula in 37 CE, burned before 79, restored by Domitian and Antoninus Pius, last attested 248.
Temple of Fortuna (Jublains)
Temple of Fortuna (Temple de la Fortune), the monumental Gallo-Roman temple at Jublains (Noviodunum), capital of the Diablintes in Mayenne, France; peripteral octostyle on a podium with a 75 m peribolos; deity not formally identified.
Temple of Fortuna Augusta
Temple of Fortuna Augusta (Tempio della Fortuna Augusta), a small Augustan-era imperial-cult temple at Pompeii VII.4.1, built by Marcus Tullius on his own land and at his own expense, served by freedmen and slave ministri.
Temple of Hadrian
Temple of Hadrian covers several Roman buildings named for Hadrian: the Hadrianeum in Rome (dedicated 145 AD by Antoninus Pius, Piazza di Pietra) and the small Ephesus porch on Curetes Street, plus Sagalassos and the Quirinal Serapeum.
Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele
Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele (Heraion of the Sele, Hera Argiva sanctuary), Greek sanctuary near Paestum founded, per legend, by Jason; metopes of c. 570 BC, found 1934 by Zancani Montuoro, now in Paestum Museum.
Temple of Hera II (Neptune)
Temple of Hera II (Neptune), also called Temple of Poseidon, is a ca. 460 BCE Doric temple at Paestum, Italy, 6x14 columns, travertine, dedicated to Hera per votive reliefs, one of the best preserved Greek temples.
Temple of Hera Lacinia
Temple of Juno (Hera Lacinia), Doric temple of the second quarter of the 5th century BC at the sanctuary of Hera on Capo Colonna near Crotone, Calabria; hexastyle by 16, Parian marble roof, one column survives.
Temple of Hera, Olympia
Temple of Hera (Heraion), Olympia: Archaic Doric temple built ca. 600 BC, 6x16 columns, shelly limestone and mudbrick, site of the modern Olympic flame-lighting, findspot of Praxiteles' Hermes.
Temple of Heracles
Temple of Heracles (Temple of Hercules): archaic Doric Greek temple at Agrigento, Sicily, ca. 510 BC, 6 x 15 columns, 25.34 x 67 m; dedication to Heracles rests on Cicero. Distinct from the lost Hercules Gaditanus temple at Cadiz.
Temple of Herakles, Cora
Temple of Herakles (Hercules), Cora: Roman Republican Doric temple on the acropolis of ancient Cora, modern Cori, Italy, built 89-80 BC by magistrates Maglius and Turpilius; its Hercules dedication rests on debated evidence.
Temple of Isis
Temple of Isis (Tempio di Iside), Pompeii VIII.7.28: Roman sanctuary of the Egyptian goddess Isis near the theatre district, built late 2nd century BC, rebuilt after AD 62 earthquake by Numerius Popidius Celsinus, excavated 1764.
Temple of Isis, Sabratha
Temple of Isis, Sabratha: Roman Isiac sanctuary in Sabratha, Libya; first temple under Augustus, standing Vespasianic seafront temple, tetrastyle peripteral, with crypt statue and third-century IRT 8 dedication.
Temple of Iuno Moneta
Temple of Iuno Moneta (Aedes Iunonis Monetae), Roman temple on the Arx of the Capitoline, vowed by Camillus, dedicated 344 BC; housed Rome's mint, source of the words money and mint.
Temple of Iuno Moneta at Signia
Temple of Iuno Moneta at Signia (Segni): the only recorded cult of Juno Moneta outside Rome, a large late-3rd/early-2nd-century BC temple on the acropolis, identified by the bronze plaque 'Iunonei Monetai donom'.
Temple of Iuno Sospita, Lanuvium
Temple of Iuno Sospita (Juno Sospita), sanctuary on the Colle San Lorenzo acropolis of ancient Lanuvium, modern Lanuvio, Italy. Archaic temple of about 500 BC, adopted by Rome in 338 BC, linked to the sacred serpent rite of Propertius and Aelian.
Temple of Janus, Autun
Temple of Janus, Autun (temple dit de Janus): a Gallo-Roman fanum at La Genetoye outside Augustodunum, France. Square cella about 16.5 m per side, preserved to nearly 24 m; not dedicated to Janus but possibly to the indigenous god Ieniecus; classified since 1840.
Temple of Jupiter (Italy)
Temple of Jupiter, Pompeii (Capitolium, VII.8.1): Roman temple at the north end of Pompeii's Forum, built ca. 150 BC and converted after 80 BC into a Capitolium of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva.