Temple of Neptune (Rome)
Coordinates | 41°53′41″N 12°28′27″E / 41.8946°N 12.4742°E |
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The Temple of Neptune (Latin: Aedes Neptuni) was an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Neptune on the Campus Martius near the Circus Flaminius in Rome.
History
It was built in 220 BC, though the earliest mention of a temple dedicated to Neptune dates to 206 BC, relating to its doors and altar.
Archeology
A large frieze, known as Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, showing a lustratio of a Roman army and a sea thiasus probably comes from this temple - it is now split between the Louvre in Paris and the Glyptothek in Munich.
The church of San Salvatore in Campo was long thought to be built on the temple's foundations, but the church is probably too far from the Circus Flaminius for this to be correct.
See also
References
- ^ Cassius Dio, 17 fr. 57.60
- ^ Pliny, Natural History, 36.26
- L. Richardson, jr, A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Baltimore - London 1992. pp. 267. ISBN 0801843006