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Temple Of Hercules (Amman) At Sunset
The Temple of Hercules or Temple of Heracles may refer to: Places * Temple of Hercules Victor, or Temple of Hercules Olivarius, in the Forum Boarium in Rome ** Great Altar of Hercules, the cult center predating the Temple of Hercules Victor * Temple of Hercules Victor in the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Tivoli) * Temple of Hercules (Amman), the Roman temple in the citadel of Amman, Jordan, containing remnants of a monumental sculpture * Temple of Heracles, Agrigento, in old Akragas in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy * Temple of Hercules Custos, a lost temple to Hercules the Guardian * Temple of Hercules Musarum, a lost temple in Rome to Hercules of the Muses * Temple of Hercules Pompeianus, a lost temple in Rome * Shrine of Hercules Curinus Shrine of Hercules Curinus was a Roman temple, the ruins of which are located in the comune of Sulmona, in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Hercules Victor
The Temple of Hercules Victor ('Hercules the Winner') ( it, Tempio di Ercole Vincitore) or Hercules Olivarius ((Hercules the Olive Branch Bearear) is a Roman temple in Piazza Bocca della Verità in the area of the Forum Boarium near the Tiber in Rome. It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a colonnade. This layout caused it to be mistaken for a temple of Vesta until it was correctly identified by Napoleon's Prefect of Rome, Camille de Tournon. Despite (or perhaps due to) the Forum Boarium's role as the cattle-market for ancient Rome, the Temple of Hercules is the subject of a folk belief claiming that neither flies nor dogs will enter the holy place. The temple is the earliest surviving marble building in Rome. The Hercules Temple of Victor is also the only surviving sacred temple in ancient Rome that is made of Greek marble. Today it remains unsolved who this temple was dedicated to and for what purpose. Description Dating from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Altar Of Hercules
The Great Altar of Unconquered Hercules ( la, Herculis Invicti Ara Maxima) stood in the Forum Boarium of ancient Rome. It was the earliest cult-centre of Hercules in Rome, predating the circular Temple of Hercules Victor. Roman tradition made the spot the site where Hercules slew Cacus and ascribed to Evander of Pallene its erection. Virgil's ''Aeneid'' tells of Evander attributing the original creation of the Ara Maxima to Potitius and the Pinarii. The original altar burned in the Great Fire of Rome, 64 CE, but was rebuilt and still stood in the fourth century. A tentative identification of a tufa platform in the crypt of Santa Maria in Cosmedin with the foundation of the altar has been made by Filippo Coarelli and other archaeologists. Various references, with Varro as their source, justified the exclusion of women from ceremonies here, or of partaking in the sacrificial meats. The rites at the Ara Maxima were unique within the cult of Hercules in that they were performed ''rit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctuary Of Hercules Victor (Tivoli)
The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Italian: ''Ercole Vincitore'') in Tivoli (Italy) was one of the major complexes of the Roman Republican era built on the wave of the Hellenistic cultural influence after the final Roman conquest of Greece (146 BC). It was built just outside the ancient city of ''Tibur'' and is the largest of Italic sanctuaries dedicated to Hercules (such as the Shrine of Hercules Curinus), and the second in the whole Mediterranean after that of Cádiz in Spain. It was built between about 120 and 82 BC and was a masterpiece of Roman engineering with many innovations. Further building was done in the Augustan period especially in the theatre area. Augustus administered justice here on numerous occasions, under the arcades of the sanctuary. The site had been used since the construction of the Villa d'Este in 1570 until 1993 for industry with foundries followed by nail and screw factories, paper mills and finally power stations. In 2008/2009 restoration and enhance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Hercules (Amman)
Temple of Hercules is a historic site in the Amman Citadel in Amman, Jordan. It is thought to be the most significant Roman structure in the Amman Citadel. According to an inscription the temple was built when Geminius Marcianus was governor of the Province of Arabia (AD 162–166), in the same period as the Roman Theater in Amman. Description The temple is about wide and additional with an outer sanctum of . The portico has six columns ca. tall. Archaeologists believe that since there are no remains of additional columns the temple was probably not finished, and the marble used to build the Byzantine Church nearby. Colossal statue The site also contains fragments of a colossal partly stone statue, identified as Hercules, and estimated to have been over tall. It was probably destroyed in an earthquake. All that remains are three fingers and an elbow. See also *List of Ancient Roman temples References {{DEFAULTSORT:Temple of Hercules Buildings and structures in Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Heracles, Agrigento
The Temple of Heracles or Temple of Hercules (The Roman name of the hero) is an ancient Greek temple in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento. The building, in the Archaic Greece, archaic Doric temple, Doric style, is found on the hill of the temples, on a rocky spur near the Villa Aurea. The name ''Temple of Heracles'' is an attribution of modern scholarship, based on Cicero's mention of a temple dedicated to the hero ''non longe a foro'' "not far from the agora" (''Verrine'' II 4.94), containing a famous statue of Heracles. That the agora of Akragas was in this area has not yet been demonstrated, but the identification is generally accepted. It's located approximately one kilometer away to the west from Temple of Concordia, Agrigento, Temple of Concordia. History The traditionally accepted chronology of the temple identifies it as the most ancient of the Akragantine temples, dating to the final years of the 6th century BC. This dating is base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Hercules Custos
The Temple of Hercules Custos (Latin:''Aedes Herculis Custodis'') was a Roman temple dedicated to 'Hercules the Guardian'. Its location is unknown and no remains have been found, although a Temple to Hercules linked to Lucius Cornelius Sulla (the ''Herculem Sullanum'') was noted as standing in the region of the Esquiline Hill during the late 4th century. Its history is unclear. Ovid writes that it was to the west of the Circus Flaminius - it was probably built around the same time (221 BC). It was re-built by Sulla after consulting the Sibylline Oracles. This consultation of the oracles and the epithet 'Custos' seems to imply it was built and/or rebuilt in response to a major crisis, though it is unknown what its nature was. In 218 BC, the senate decreed a ''supplicatio'' in the ''Aedes Herculi''. Though there were several temples of Hercules, this probably refers to that of Hercules Custos. The decemvirs ordered a statue to be set up in the temple of Hercules Custos in 189 BC.Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Hercules Musarum
The Temple of Hercules Musarum (Latin: ''Aedes Herculis Musarum'') was a temple dedicated to Hercules in ancient Rome, near the Circus Flaminius. The temple was built by Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, who conquered the Greek city of Ambracia in 189 BC. It was probably completed and dedicated during his triumph in 187 BC. The epithet 'Musarum' means 'of the Muses' and refers to Nobilior's discovery that Hercules was known in Greece as 'Musagetes' or 'leader of the Muses'. The temple contained copies of the fasti and statues taken from Ambracia, including statues of the Muses. The Portico of Metellus was later built near the temple. In 29 BC, Lucius Marcius Philippus restored the temple and built a portico around it, later known as the ''Porticus Philippi'' or Portico of Philippus. Part of the temple's floorplan is known from a fragment (number 33) of the 3rd century Forma Urbis Romae The ''Forma Urbis Romae'' or Severan Marble Plan is a massive marble map of ancient Rome, created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Hercules Pompeianus
The Temple of Hercules Pompeianus (Latin: ''aedes Herculis Pompeiani'') was a temple dedicated to Hercules in ancient Rome near the circus Maximus. Vitruvius (III.3.5) refers to it being decorated in the Tuscan manner. It contained a statue of Hercules by Myron.Pliny the Elder, '' Natural History'', XXXIV.57 'Pompeianus' may indicate either that it was an older building built by the Pompeius family or that it was restored by Pompey the Great. It seems to be linked to Republican-era tufa foundations discovered under Santa Maria in Cosmedin. See also *List of Ancient Roman temples This is a list of ancient Roman temples, built during antiquity by the people of ancient Rome or peoples belonging to the Roman Empire. Roman temples were dedicated to divinities from the Roman pantheon. Substantial remains Most of the be ... References Bibliography *Platner and Ashby''A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome'' 1929, p. 255-256 *Burgess''The topography and antiquities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrine Of Hercules Curinus
Shrine of Hercules Curinus was a Roman temple, the ruins of which are located in the comune of Sulmona, in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... References External links * Roman sites of Abruzzo Sulmona National museums of Italy {{Italy-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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