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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 ...
Shrine of Venus Cloacina; T. Temple of Venus (Aelia Capitolina) ... Temple of Venus Genetrix This page was last edited on 28 November 2020, at 17:47 (UTC). ...
The obverse depicts Venus. The reverse shows the Temple of Venus Erycina on the Quirinal Hill. [1] Map of Rome showing the two temples of Venus Erycina. The Temple of Venus Erycina was an ancient sanctuary on the Quirinal Hill in Ancient Rome, erected in 184 BC and dedicated to the goddess Venus. [2]
The Shrine of Venus Cloacina (Sacellum Cloacinae or Sacrum Cloacina) was a small sanctuary on the Roman Forum, honoring the divinity of the Cloaca Maxima, the "Great Drain" or sewer of Rome. [2] Cloacina , the Etruscan goddess associated with the entrance to the sewer system, was later identified with the Roman goddess Venus for unknown reasons ...
The Temples of the Beqaa Valley are a number of shrines and Roman temples that are dispersed around the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon. The most important and famous are those in Roman Heliopolis . A few temples are built on former buildings of the Phoenician & Hellenistic era, but all are considered to be of Roman construction and were started to be ...
He eventually decided to dedicate the temple to Venus Genetrix, the mother of Aeneas, and thus the mythical ancestress of the Julian family. [1] [2] The Temple was dedicated on 26 September 46 BCE, the last day of Caesar's triumph. [3] The forum and temple were eventually completed by Octavian. [4] The area was damaged by the fire in 80 CE.
Venus Obsequens ("Compliant Venus" [1]) was the first Venus for whom a shrine was built in ancient Rome. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Little is known of her cult [ 5 ] beyond the circumstances of her temple founding and a likely connection to the Vinalia Rustica , an August wine festival.
Denarius of L. Mussidius Longus (42 BC) showing Concordia on the obverse, and two statues within the balustrade of the shrine of Venus Cloacina on the reverse [1]. Cloacina was a goddess who presided over the Cloaca Maxima ('Greatest Drain'), the main interceptor discharge outfall of the system of sewers in Rome.