Ara Maxima Herculis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 13, 2025 08:57 PM
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History
An early cult center connected with Herakles located in Rome's Forum Boarium.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207271757
41.8884841233, 12.4812985862
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- Ara Maxima (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- ara magna Herculis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ara Maxima Herculis part of (analytical) Forum Boarium (at Rome) (unspecified date range)
- Ara Maxima Herculis part of (analytical) Regio XI (Circus Maximus) (unspecified date range)
- Ara Maxima Herculis located at Roma (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Santa Maria in Cosmedin succeeds Ara Maxima Herculis (unspecified date range)
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Jeffrey Becker, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, and Brady Kiesling, 'Ara Maxima Herculis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207271757> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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