The Latin inscription on the Ara Pacis illustrates Rome's ancient history and cultural significance, reflecting its artistic heritage.
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The Latin inscription on the Ara Pacis illustrates Rome's ancient history and cultural significance, reflecting its artistic heritage.
Location: VIII . 7 . 25. Temple of Asclepius, and Hygieia, or Temple of Jupiter Meilichios (Temple of Aesculapius and Hygeia, or Temple of Zeus Meilichios)
Excavated 1766, 1789, 1800, 1806 and 1869.
View from the courtyard with altar and stairs leading to the Temple.
The Temple of Jupiter, Capitolium, or Temple of the Capitoline Triad, was a temple in Roman Pompeii, at the north end of the forum. Initially dedicated to Jupiter alone, it was built in the mid-2nd century BC at the same time as the Temple of Apollo was being renovated - this was the area at which Roman influence over Pompeii increased. So Roman Jupiter superseded the Greek Apollo as the town's leading divinity. Jupiter was the ruler of the gods and the protector of Rome, where his temple was the centre of Roman religion and of the cult of state.
Cantinea Procla is represented as a priestess of the Egyptian goddess Isis on this funerary altar found on the Via Ostiense, near the basilica of St. Pauls. She held a sistrum in her right hand and a vessel in her left. Three ears of wheat rise from her head. Isis was closely connected with mariners and Rome's vital grain trade; her cult was prominent at the harbors of Ostia and Portus.
Museo Nazionale Romano, dated to the first half of the first century CE.
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The first cult statue of Veiovis was of wood, and survived for about three centuries. The first Temple of Veiovis on the Capitoline Hill was dedicated in 192 BCE. The fire of 80 CE may have destroyed the original wooden image, which was then replaced by a marble substitute. This headless statue found in the 20th century excavations is thought to represent the new cult statue.
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Axonometric reconstruction of the Temple of Veiovis on the Capitoline Hill, first dedicated in 192 BCE, and later rebuilt and partially enclosed by the "Tabularium" when the latter was constructed about a century later.
The entry porch of the temple was placed in the middle of one of the long sides of the building.
This image from signage on site in the Tabularium.
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Detail of a private shrine from Villa #6 at Terzigno, a "suburb" of the ancient city of Pompeii. Here the genius of the paterfamilias, flanked by two household gods (Lares) makes a burnt sacrifice at an altar.
Dated to the late first century BCE-early first cent CE.
On loan from the Museo Archeologico Territoriale di Terzigno (MATT) to Pompeii in the Spring of 2022.
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Two serpents flank an altar projecting from a household shrine excavated in a Roman-period rustic villa at Terzigno (near Pompeii).
The serpent on the right has a prominent crest and beard (perhaps the male of a male-female pair?). Behind the actual altar is a depiction of a pine cone burning on a painted altar table. Pine cones (especially from Pinus pinea, the "umbrella" pine") may have been burned on altars due to their easy flammability, their aroma when burning, and perhaps their references to fertility. Traces of burning can be seen on the tile, lined with cement, that served as the actual altar.
From Terzigno, Villa 6.
Dated to the late first cent. BCE - early first century CE.
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MATT-Museo Archeologico Territoriale di Terzigno (NA)
A private household shrine (lararium) from a working villa excavated near Pompeii at Terzigno.
The genius of the paterfamilias makes sacrifice between two Lares (top, left). Below, an actual altar projects from the wall, flanked by two serpents (presumably male, R, and female, L). A painted pine cone burns on top of the altar. Above the wall niche on the right, the head of a pig, a "prosciutto," and skewers.
Dated to late 1st BCE - early 1st CE.
MATT-Museo Archeologico Territoriale di Terzigno
(on display in Spring 2022 at Pompeii).
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Reconstructed altar with inscription. On display at the Roman Army Museum, near Vindolanda.
Terracotta boar figurine, on display at the Roman Army Museum near Hadrian’s Wall.
Reconstructed Roman altar to Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing. In the medical garden at Segedunum Roman Fort (Wallsend).
In the civilian settlement (vicus) just outside of the Roman fort at Condercum stood a small temple to the god Antenociticus. Antenociticus is not found anywhere else in the vast Roman Empire, suggesting that he is a specific local deity. This reconstruction by English Heritage on the information board at the site shows what the temple would have looked like in the Roman period.
In the civilian settlement (vicus) just outside of the Roman fort at Condercum stood a small temple to the god Antenociticus. Antenociticus is not found anywhere else in the vast Roman Empire, suggesting that he is a specific local deity.
This statue head excavated from the site shows the god Antenociticus, blending together classical Roman features with Celtic design. It is now on display in the Hadrian’s Wall gallery at the Great North Museum.
100-80 BC, Trastevere, Rome.
Rome.
Forum Romanum, Rome.
Forum Romanum, Rome.
201-300 AD, Rome.
D(ecimus) Iunius Nico/magus / donum de/dit Silvano / et Herculi
Forum Romanum, Rome.
