Temple of Roma and Augustus (Athens)
The Temple of Roma and Augustus is a monopteros in honor of Augustus and the personification of the city of Rome . He was after 27 BC. BC on the Acropolis of Athens .
After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC The emperor visited Athens several times and had temples and other buildings in need of repair repaired, which is why he was honored as “savior and benefactor” with an inscription on this temple.
The temple is located just 12 meters east of the Parthenon on the Athens Acropolis. The round temple stood on a square foundation made of tuff and was supported by nine Ionic columns .
Half-height remains of columns and some capitals and architraves have been preserved from the temple . The Italian humanist and traveler Cyriacus of Ancona handed down the architrave inscription: Ad praefatae Palladis Templi vestibulum .
literature
- Georg Kawerau : Temple of the Roma and Augustus on the Acropolis of Athens, in: Imperial German Archaeological Institute (ed.), Ancient Monuments 1 . Berlin 1891, p. 13 .
- Wolfgang Binder: The Roma Augustus Monopteros on the Acropolis in Athens and its typological site . Stuttgart 1969.
- Paola Baldassarri: Augusto Soter. Ipotesi sul Monopteros dell 'Acropoli Ateniese, Ostraka 4 . 1995, p. 69-84 .
- Johannes Fouquet: The Roma-Augustus-Monopteros on the Athens Acropolis. Ruler's cult and memoria “ad Palladis templi vestibulum” ?, Thetis 19 . 2012, p. 35-83 .
Web links
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports: Temple of Rome and Augustus
- The Acropolis: Temple of the Roma and Augustus Other images
Coordinates: 37 ° 58 ′ 17.7 ″ N , 23 ° 43 ′ 38.5 ″ E