Temple Architecture of Republican Rome and Italy

Fikret Yegül; Diane Favro

doi:10.1017/9780511979743.003

2 - Temple Architecture of Republican Rome and Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2019

Fikret Yegül and

Diane Favro

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Fikret Yegül: Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Diane Favro: Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles

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Creating and dedicating temples to the gods was always a pious act in ancient society; it was often a moral and civic duty, and almost always a shrewd and popular political expedient. Archaeological remains provide ample evidence the building of many Republican-period temples in and outside of Rome. Many more that have disappeared without leaving any physical trace are known from inscriptions and ancient literary sources. Temples – either as single structures, or as a part of a group of other religious buildings in a sanctuary – were the most common of all architectural types in the Roman world. But, who built them and who paid for them?

Type: Chapter
Information: Roman Architecture and Urbanism
From the Origins to Late Antiquity
, pp. 81 - 111

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511979743.003 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2019

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