Temple Of Diana (Villa Borghese)
Temple of Diana may refer to: *Temple of Diana (Rome) in ancient Rome *Temple of Diana (Nemi) in ancient Rome, on the shore of Lake Nemi *Temple of Diana (Nîmes) in Nîmes, France *Temple of Diana (Mérida) in Mérida, Spain *Roman Temple of Évora in Portugal, sometimes referred to as ''Templo de Diana'' in Portuguese *an organization of Dianic Wicca *a supposed original religious building on the site now occupied by St Paul's Cathedral#Pre-Norman cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, London See also *Temple of Artemis (other) *Diana Temple (1925–2006), Australian pharmacologist *Diana Temple (Grand Canyon), a landform in Coconino County, Arizona {{disambig ...
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Temple Of Diana (Rome)
The Temple of Diana was an edifice in ancient Rome which, according to the early semi-legendary history of Rome, was built in the 6th century BC during the reign of the king Servius Tullius. History According to Livy, word had come to Rome of the new and glorious temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and it was told that the temple had been constructed through the combined effort of the cities of Asia Minor. The king of Rome, Servius Tullius, extolled the virtues of such an act of concord to the cities of the Latins, and convinced them to work with the Roman people to build a temple to Diana in Rome. The temple was built upon the Aventine Hill.Livy, ''Ab urbe condita,'' 1.45 Soon after the construction of the temple, a cow of remarkable beauty and size was born to the head of a Sabine family. It was foretold by the augurs that sovereignty would come to the city whose citizen sacrificed the cow to Diana. Accordingly, the Sabine man took the cow to the temple of Diana in Rome, and l ...
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