List of Ancient Roman temples

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Maison carrée, Nîmes, France, one of the best preserved Roman temples

This is a list of ancient Roman temples, built during antiquity by the people of ancient Rome or peoples belonging to the Roman Empire. Roman temples were dedicated to divinities from the Roman pantheon.

Substantial remains

Most of the best survivals had been converted into churches and mosques. Rural areas in the Islamic world have some good remains, which had been left largely undisturbed. In Spain, some remarkable discoveries (Vic, Cordoba, Barcelona) were made in the 19th century, when old buildings being reconstructed or demolished were found to contain major remains encased in later buildings. In Rome, Pula, and elsewhere some walls incorporated in later buildings have always been evident. In most cases loose pieces of stone have been removed from the site, and some such as capitals may be found in local museums, along with non-architectural items excavated, such as terracotta votive offerings, which are often found in large numbers.

Temple of Hercules Victor
Temple of Saturn, Roman Forum, eight impressive columns and architrave remain standing
The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is to the far left.

Rome

Italy (outside Rome)

Armenia

Croatia

  • Temple of Augustus, Pula, Croatia, largely complete (illustrated above); a large wall from another temple forms part of the town hall next door.
  • Temple of Jupiter in Diocletian's Palace, Split, Croatia. Small but very complete, amid other Roman buildings, c. 300. Most unusually, the barrel ceiling is intact.

France

Jordan

Lebanon

Portugal

Tunisia

  • Sbeitla, Tunisia, three small temples in a row on the forum, many other city ruins.
  • Dougga, Tunisia, several temples in extensive city ruins, two with substantial remains.

Ruins, fragments, bases and excavations

Britain

Italy

Rome

Temple of Castor and Pollux
Temple of Venus and Roma

Lebanon

Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon
Roman temple of Bziza
Roman temple of Hosn Niha
Roman temple of Qasr el Banat

Malta

Ruins of Tas-Silġ, a multi-period sanctuary site containing the remains of a Temple of Juno

Romania

Not much remains to be seen, but there were temples at Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa (6),[10] Alburnus Major (2),[10] Apulum,[11] Tibiscum[12] Porolissum[13] and probably Potaissa (suggested by five neighboring altars), as well as other sites.[10]

Scotland

Slovenia

Spain

Roman temple of Vic, part original, with parts restored

Syria

Temple of Bel, Palmyra
Horvat Omrit Temple
Temple of Al-Lat
Temple of Rabbos

Tunisia

The Capitoline Temple in Dougga

Turkey

Temple of Hadrian, Ephesus, Turkey

Notes

  1. ^ Wheeler, 93-96
  2. ^ "Colchester Museums-Castle Museum". Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2016-03-16.(Colchester Museums).
  3. ^ "Colchester Temples". Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2014-06-24.(Roman-Britain).
  4. ^ Edward Robinson (1856). Biblical researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions: a journal of travels in the years 1838 and 1852. J. Murray. pp. 433. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  5. ^ George Taylor (1971). The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  6. ^ Daniel M. Krencker; Willy Zschietzschmann (1938). Römische Tempel in Syrien: nach Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen von Mitgliedern der Deutschen Baalbekexpedition 1901–1904, Otto Puchstein, Bruno Schulz, Daniel Krencker [u.a.] ... W. de Gruyter & Co. ISBN 9783110049893. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  7. ^ Testa, Michael (19 March 2002). "New find at Mdina most important so far in old capital". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Rabat - Katidral". Gozo Diocese. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015.
  9. ^ Sagona, Claudia (2015). The Archaeology of Malta. Cambridge University Press. p. 285. ISBN 9781107006690.
  10. ^ a b c Romanian Temples Archived 2016-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ site
  12. ^ image Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ image Archived 2016-03-17 at the Wayback Machine

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