Thursday, January 30, 2020

TEMPLE OF THE DIVINE CLAUDIUS

TEMPIO DEL DIVO CLAUDIO
Via Claudia/Piazza Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Begun in the year 54 AD for Agrippina, wife of Claudius (41/54) immediately after the death of the emperor

Partially demolished and turned into a monumental nymphaeum by the son of Agrippina, Nero (54/68), who included it in his Domus Aurea
Vespasian (69/79) had it rebuilt after the death of Nero

It stood on a great rectangular platform of 180 x 200 m (590 x 660 feet) supported by retaining walls, still partly visible

From the Forma Urbis we know that the temple was prostyle hexastyle with three columns on the sides
The rest of the area, maybe surrounded by a portico, was occupied by a garden

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