Location: Rome
Date: c. 120-80 BC
Details: Roman temple dedicated to the god Portunus, associated with harbors, keys, and livestock. Originally located near the harbor of the Tiber river in ancient Rome.
Location: Rome
Date: Most of the present church was built in 1140-1143 by Pope Innocent II atop a fourth century basilica (which in turn went back to a third century house-church). The mosaics in the apse date from the 12th and 13th centuries.…
Location: Rome
Date: 64-68 AD
Details: The Domus Aurea was a large park-and-residence palace built by the emperor Nero on the Oppian Hill. The building was constructed largely in the area destroyed in the "Great Fire" (AD 64), and included groves,…
Location: Rome
Date: 271-275 AD
Details: These fortifications replaced the fourth century BC "Servian Walls." Built by the emperor Aurelian in the late third century AD, the walls ran in a 12 mile circuit around the city and included regular…
Location: Paestum
Date: c. 500 BC
Details: This archaic Greek temple was built in the Greek colony of Poseidonia (later called Paestum), which was probably established in southern Italy around 600 BC. The remains are one of the oldest standing…
Location: Paestum
Date: 460-450 BC
Details: Originally this temple was identified as a Temple of Poseidon/Neptune, but finds dedicated to Hera (including a silver disk that proclaims "I am sacred to Hera: strengthen our bows"), and sculptures…
Location: Paestum
Date: 560-520 BC
Details: Originally this temple was identified as a basilica (i.e. a public meeting space), but finds dedicated to Hera (including a silver disk that proclaims "I am sacred to Hera: strengthen our bows"), and…
Location: Paestum
Date: 273 BC
Details: In 273, the Romans established a Latin colony at Paestum. (The city was originally called Poseidonia, then, after the take over by an Italian people called Lucanians, it was called Paistos, from which name…
Location: Paestum
Date: 273 BC
Details: In 273, the Romans established a Latin colony at Paestum. (The city was originally called Poseidonia, then, after the take over by an Italian people called Lucanians, it was called Paistos, from which name…
Location: Paestum
Date: fifth century BC
Details: In many Greek cities, the ekklesiaterion was a building that hosted meetings of the ekklesia, the assembly of all adult male citizens. The bouleuterion was a building designated for the boule,…