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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 ...
The Temple of Venus in Aelia Capitolina was a temple in Aelia Capitolina , dedicated to the Goddess Venus. [1] The temple was founded on the order of emperor Hadrian in the early 2nd century AD. It was dedicated to Venus, who was the protective patron deity of the family of Hadrian as well as of the 10th Legion who occupied the area. [2]
Temple of Venus may refer to: Temple of Venus Genetrix in Rome; Temple of Venus and Roma in Rome; Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill) in Rome; Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill) in Rome; Temple of Venus Victrix, adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey, Rome; Temple of Venus (Baalbek), also known as the Circular Temple or St. Barbara's; The ...
Venus Temple is a 6,281-foot-elevation summit located in the eastern Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. The landform is attached to Apollo Temple immediately south-southeast. Venus Temple is ~2.0 mi northwest of the southwest-flowing Colorado River .
The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Capitoline Hill was built by the dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. He was appointed dictator after the disastrous Battle of Trasimeno in 217 BC and promised this temple to Venus after consulting the Sibylline Books, hoping thereby to reverse his fate. [citation needed] The temple was inaugurated in ...
Venus Erycina ("Erycine Venus"), a Punic statue of Astarte captured from Eryx, in Sicily, and worshiped in Romanised form by the elite and respectable matrons at a temple on the Capitoline Hill. A later temple, outside the Porta Collina and Rome's sacred boundary, may have preserved some Erycine features of her cult.
Documentation of the temples in the Beqaa Valley area began in the 19th century, with surveys by Edward Robinson in 1852 CE and Sir Charles Warren. [3] [4] The most notable of the temples of Venus, Bacchus and Jupiter at Baalbek were thoroughly studied by Paul Collart and Pierre Coupel.
The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Quirinal Hill was built by the consul Lucius Porcius Licinius. [citation needed] He promised the temple to Venus in 184 BC during the war against the Ligurians in the north of Italy. Porcius Licinius (or his younger brother) dedicated the shrine in 181 BC.