The Temple of Salus was an sanctuary in

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 B ...

dedicated to the goddess Salus.Filippo Coarelli, Guida archeologica di Roma, Verona, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984. The temple was founded by

Gaius Junius Bubulcus Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus (disambiguation), Cajus, Caius (disambiguation), Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hy ...

in 306-303 BC. If still in use by the 4th-century, it would have been closed during the

persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church ...

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{{Expand Italian, Tempio della Salus, date=October 2018 Roman temples by deity 4th-century BC religious buildings and structures

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