Temple_of_Hercules_Pompeianus

Temple of Hercules Pompeianus

Temple of Hercules Pompeianus

Temple in Rome

The Temple of Hercules Pompeianus (Latin: aedes Herculis Pompeiani) was a temple dedicated to Hercules in ancient Rome near the circus Maximus. Vitruvius (III.3.5) refers to it being decorated in the Tuscan manner. It contained a statue of Hercules by Myron.[1] 'Pompeianus' may indicate either that it was an older building built by the Pompeius family or that it was restored by Pompey the Great. It seems to be linked to Republican-era tufa foundations discovered under Santa Maria in Cosmedin.

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  1. [1]
    Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXXIV.57

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