classicalmonuments:Temple of AugustusPula, Croatia27 BCE14 m highCorinthianDedicated to the first Ro
classicalmonuments:Temple of AugustusPula, Croatia27 BCE14 m highCorinthianDedicated to the first Roman emperor, Augustus, it was probably built during the emperor’s lifetime at some point between 27 BCE and his death in CE 14. It was built on a podium with a tetrastyle prostyle porch of Corinthian columns and measures about 8 by 17.3 m, and 14 m high. The richly decorated frieze is similar to that of a somewhat larger and more recent temple, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France.The temple’s dedication originally consisted of bronze letters affixed by nails to the stones of the architrave. Only the attachment holes now remain and much of the text has been destroyed over time. However, it consisted of a standard dedication also found on other Augustan temples, which read:ROMAE · ET · AVGVSTO · CAESARI · DIVI · F · PATRI · PATRIAETo Roma and Augustus Caesar, son of the deity, father of the fatherlandorIn honour of Rome and Augustus Caesar, son of the deified [Julius], father of his country.This indicates that the temple was originally also co-dedicated to the goddess Roma, the personification of the city of Rome. Unlike later temples, such as the Temple of Divus Augustus in Rome, the temple was not dedicated to divus (the deified) Augustus - a title only given to the emperor after his death. This, the title Pater Patriae that was voted to Augustus in 2 BCE, and the temple’s architectural style, have allowed archaeologists to date the temple to the late Augustan period, prior to Augustus’ death in CE 14. -- source link