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Templum of Palatine Apollo

http://www.clker.com/cliparts/s/y/s/q/h/R/cartoon-sun-hi.png. Templum of Palatine Apollo. Rachel Bluestone Latin III September 2012. Location. -Southwest Palatine (Rome...) -Faced the Circus Maximus

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Templum of Palatine Apollo

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  1. http://www.clker.com/cliparts/s/y/s/q/h/R/cartoon-sun-hi.png Templum of Palatine Apollo Rachel Bluestone Latin III September 2012

  2. 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 http://doodlerbugz.com/dwmx1/images/week6-clown-pointing.gif

  3. 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 http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_417/1247420445IcK5Gk.jpg

  4. 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.) http://pinkoddy.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/presents.jpg

  5. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/templenow.jpghttp://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/templenow.jpg So it burned to the ground in 363 C.E. ...

  6. http://www.romanreligion.org/content/wp-content/uploads/palatine_apollo_model.jpghttp://www.romanreligion.org/content/wp-content/uploads/palatine_apollo_model.jpg But before that, it was lovely!

  7. Bibliography http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/mappingaugustanrome/example_entries.htm http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Aedes_Apollinis_Palatini.html http://harvard.academia.edu/G%C3%BCnderVarinlio%C4%9Flu/Papers/1686571/Mapping_Augustan_Rome http://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...”)

  8. http://blog.gesweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bigbang2.pnghttp://blog.gesweb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bigbang2.png http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3fqgv0rq-zw/UDQ7m14QpUI/AAAAAAAADX4/LEnYAkJH3hU/s1600/Starry_Night_with_TARDIS_by_TerryLightfoot.jpg http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100619184008/tardis/images/9/95/The_Pandorica_Imprisonment.jpg

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