Temple of Venus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale
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Last modified
Feb 27, 2024 05:32 PM
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History
tags:
Venus,
extant remains
The Temple of Venus (VIII,1) is located adjacent to Pompeii's Porta Marina. The site was cleared in the early years of the colony to make way for the temple. Seriously damaged by the AD 62 earthquake, the sanctuary was still being rebuilt at the time of its ultimate destruction.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/663121962
40.7484237, 14.4837195
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Tempio di Venere" (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Aedes of the Ministri Mercurii Maiae, postea Augusti (Aedes of the Ministri Mercurii Maiae: English, modern)
- Tempel des Empedokles (German, modern)
- Tempio di Venere (Italian, modern)
- Templum of Augustus, Aedes of Augustus (Templum of Augustus: English, modern)
- Templum of Venus Pompeiana (English, modern)
- Templum of Venus fisica Pompeiana (English, modern)
- VIII.1.3 (English, modern)
- Temple of Venus connection Pompeii (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Venus part of (analytical) Regio VIII, Pompeii (modern)
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Athanasia Varveri, Jeffrey Becker, and Valeria Vitale, 'Temple of Venus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/663121962> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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