Veristic Male Portrait. The Sanctuary of the Fortuna Primigenia is one of the most important roman sanctuaries of ancient times, as the Sanctuary of the Hercules in Tivoli. 337-351 Early Christian.
[1] Capitoline She-wolf. Being a port temple, it was of course close to the river, which became, close to the sanctuary, poorly navigable for great ships.
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The Temple of Hercules is the only surviving sacred structure in ancient Rome that was made of Greek marble. Cicero wrote extensively about this Hellenic sanctuary (II Century B.C. Temple of Portunus by Smarthistory. The Temple of Portunus, the god of the river port, is one of the two temples on the Forum Boarium ("cattle market") that have survived to the present day. Its dedication remains unclear, as ancient sources mention several temples in this area of Rome, without saying enough to make it clear which this is. The Temple of Portunus, dating to the first century B.C., is a rare survivor of Roman Republican architecture and a reminder of the former magnificence of the Forum Boarium, a major commercial area along the banks of the Tiber in antiquity. This monument depicts the Akkadian victory over the Lullubi Mountain people. Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium Portunus was the ancient Roman god of keys, doors, livestock and ports. Domus Aurea of Nero, Rome, Italy 64-68 CE Roman Fourth Style.
It was called the Temple of Fortuna Virilis from the Renaissance, and remains better known by this name. 11:04. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin, 2254-2218 B.C.E., pink limestone, Akkadian (Musée du Louvre, Paris) .
The temple is thought to have survived because it was converted to a church, Saint Mary of Egypt, in 872 CE.
Head of a Roman Patrician. The temple was dedicated to Portunus, a youthful god associated with water crossings and seaports. 75 BCE Roman. Located in the Forum Boarium on the eastern bank of the Tiber, it is one of the oldest extant buildings in the city and is thought to be the work of the Greek architect Hermodoros of Salamina. Costanza, Rome, Italy ca. Early empire.
Rome, Italy 70-80 CE Roman. The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Capitoline Brutus. Valley temple. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul by Smarthistory. The building consisted of three parallel halls separated by annexes and was known as the Athenaeum ; it functioned variously as school, a venue for judicial proceedings, and an occasional meeting-place for the Senate. In the 12th century B.C.E., a thousand years after it was originally made, the Elamite king, Shutruk-Nahhunte, attacked Babylon and, according to his later inscription, the stele was taken to Susa in what is now Iran. Khafre’s valley temple, located at the east end of the causeway leading from the pyramid base, is beautifully preserved. Another contribution engineered by the Romans is the aqueducts. Temple of Portunus (Fortuna Virilis) Rome, Italy ca. Christ and Sol Invictus. 3:11. Temple of Portunus. This is the currently selected item. Tomb of the Scipios and the sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatus . He may have originally protected the warehouses where grain was stored, but later became associated with ports, perhaps because of folk associations between porta "gate, door" and portus "harbor", the "gateway" to the sea, or because of an expansion in the meaning of portus . The mortuary temple at the pyramid base was more complex than that of Khufu and was filled with statuary of the king–over 52 life-size or larger images originally filled the structure.