Templum of Palatine Apollo
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Templum of Palatine Apollo Rachel Bluestone Latin III September 2012 http:// www.clker .com/ cliparts/ s/y/s/q/ h/R/ cartoon- sun- hi.png
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Templum of Palatine ApolloRachel BluestoneLatin IIISeptember 2012
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Location-Southwest Palatine (Rome...)-Faced the Circus Maximus
-Façade oriented towards the northeast (in the direction of the street leading to the residence of Augustus)
-In a giant clump of Augustus' buildings
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Origin-Built during the reign of Augustus-36 B.C. (following Octavian's victory at Naulochos over Sextus
Pompey)-Dedicated on October 9, 28 B.C.-Built on land that Augustus had originally intended for his
residence-Dedicated to Apollo following the
interpretation of the soothsayers (haruspices) after the site had been hit by lightning
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Importance/Use of the Temple-Praying to Apollo.-Integral part of Augustan buildings (which included Augustus'
residence and the Greek and Latin library, which was large enough for meetings of the Senate).
-An ex voto of Octavian's victory over Marc Antony after the battle of Actium (31 B.C.)
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So it burned to the ground in 363 C.E. ...http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/templenow.jpg
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But before that, it was lovely!
Bibliographyhttp://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/mappingaugustanrome/example_entries.htmhttp://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Aedes_Apollinis_Palatini.htmlhttp://harvard.academia.edu/G%C3%BCnderVarinlio%C4%9Flu/Papers/1686571/Mapping_Augustan_Romehttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:id=templum-cn (apple+find “Apollo,” scroll down to “only a very few of the most
magnificent Roman temples were built of solid blocks of marble...”)
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