The Temple of Venus and Roma was the largest temple in ancient Rome, standing on a platform between the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. It was designed by the emperor Hadrian himself, who had a keen interest in architecture, and was dedicated to the goddess Venus Felix and to Roma Aeterna, the personification of the city. The building had a double sanctuary, with two cellas set back to back, each with a large statue and an apse, and it was surrounded by a colonnade of granite columns. It was restored after a fire in the early fourth century. Parts of the structure survive, including the apses, which were incorporated into a medieval church, and the platform, which can be visited.
Before and after
- 2nd centuryConstruction of Pantheon
- September 129 CEBirth of Galen
- from 132 CE to 136 CEBar Kokhba revolt
- 132 CEZhang Heng builds the first seismoscope
- 135 CEOrigins of Temple of Venus and Roma
- c. 135 CEConstruction of Castel Sant'Angelo
- 142 CEConstruction of Antonine Wall
- 142 CEOrigins of Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
- 150 CEBirth of Nagarjuna
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