Temple of Castor and Pollux

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Photograph taken at location:

• Forum Romanum (Rome, Italy)

  The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum) was the political and economical centre of Rome during the Republic. It emerged as such in the 7th century BCE and maintained this position well into the Imperial period, when it was reduced to a monumental area. It was mostly abandoned at the end of the 4th century … [Read more]

On this photograph:

• House of the Vestal Virgins (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The House of the Vestal Virgins, (Atrium Vestae), was the residence of the Vestal Virgins, the high priestesses of the cult of Vesta. The cult of Vesta is very ancient, and the Vestal Virgins had their residence in the same location from the 6th century BCE to the end of the 4th century CE. It is located on the Forum Romanum, just behind the Temple of Vesta, between the Regia and the Palatine Hill … [Read more]

• Tabularium (Capitolium, Rome, Italy)

  The Tabularium is at the western extreme of the Forum Romanum, behind the Temple of Concord, the Temple of Vespasian and Titus and the Portico of the Dii Consentes. It is build on the side of the Capitoline Hill … [Read more]

• Temple of Castor and Pollux (Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy)

  The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Templum Castorum or Aedes Castoris) introduced the Greek cult of the dioscuri into Rome, in its very heart, the Forum Romanum, where it is located between Basilica Julia across the Vicus Tuscus, the Temple of Divus Julius, the Arch of Augustus and the Temple of Vesta … [Read more]

Copyright © 1992 René Seindal, taken 1992-08-17 00:00:00