Temple of Castor and Pollux, Cora
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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).
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Nov 28, 2020 06:21 PM
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History
The Temple of Castor and Pollux at Cora was originally built between the fourth and the second centuries B.C. The partially extant architrave carries an inscription of the first century B.C.
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Epigraphic evidence indicates that the temple's patrons in the late second century B.C. are Marcus Calvius Publius, son of Publius, and Caius Geminius Mateiclus, son of Caius. Their names are recorded on a epistyle block as part of a dedicatory inscription.
Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple of Castor and Pollux, Cora: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/426309852> [accessed: 15 January 2021]
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