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The Temple of Janus was a small temple just large enough to house a bronze statue of the god. A small portion of the temple's brick structure can be found beside the ruins of the Basilica Aemilia, along the path of the Argiletum in the Roman Forum, [ 4 ] so much of what we know about the temple visually comes from Roman scholars and artifacts.
The "Temple of Janus" is a Romano-Celtic religious structure located in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, to the North-West of the ancient city of Augustodunum. The temple lies in the center of a vast sanctuary, whose extent and complexity was revealed by excavations conducted between 2013 and 2016.
The temple was built by Gaius Duilius in 3rd century BC after the 260 BC Roman victory at Mylae. [1] [2] It was probably built over an earlier shrine.[3] [2] Allegedly, [4] the Senate was forbidden from meeting in the temple because their decree that the Fabii should go to the siege of Veii was made in a temple of Janus, although some scholars consider this apocryphal. [2]
The temple of Juno Sospita was located between the temple of Spes and that of Janus: on its ruins, towards the end of the 11th century, the current church was founded. Built around 195 BC by Gaius Cornelius Cethegus , it was a peripteros ionic temple, with six columns on the facade, three rows of columns on the front side and two on the back side.
The Temple of Saturn, Arch of Septimius Severus, and Temple of Vespasian and Titus. Altar of Saturn (Ara Saturni), much older than the associated Temple of Saturn; Arch of Augustus (29 BC), commemorated the Battle of Actium (31 BC) Arch of Fabius (Fornix Fabianus; 121 BC), earliest triumphal arch in the Forum; Arch of Tiberius (16 AD)
The Arch of Janus is the only quadrifrons triumphal arch preserved in Rome. It was set up in the early 4th century AD at a crossroads at the northeastern limit of the Forum Boarium , [ 1 ] close to the Velabrum , over the Cloaca Maxima drain that went from the Forum to the River Tiber .
Temple of Janus (Autun), the Gallo-Roman temple, not truly dedicated to Janus, located in Autun, France Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Temple of Janus .
It appears to be part of the text as a religious drama recited as a temple ritual. Here it is used simply as a magic spell. [47] 79. Spell for becoming an elder of the tribunal. [48] 80. Making transformation into a god and giving light and darkness. [48] 81A. Spell for being transformed into a lotus. [49] 81B. Spell for being transformed into ...