Temple of Divus Julius

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Ancient Roman temple Ruined temple

The Temple of Divus Julius was a Roman temple in the Forum Romanum dedicated to the deified Julius Caesar, serving as a focal point for his imperial cult and public commemorations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Temple of Divus Julius canonical 3
Temple of Divus Iulius 1
Temple of Julius Caesar 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Roman temple ⓘ
Ruined temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
builtInPeriod Augustan age ⓘ
surface form: Age of Augustus

Late Roman Republic ⓘ
commissionedBy Augustus ⓘ
constructionStartAfterEvent Ides of March 44 BC ⓘ
surface form: Assassination of Julius Caesar
coordinateLocation 41.8925°N 12.4853°E ⓘ
cultType imperial cult ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
dedicatedBy Augustus ⓘ
dedicatedTo Julius Caesar ⓘ
dedicationDate 18 August 29 BC ⓘ
function place for sacrifices ⓘ
place of public commemorations ⓘ
site of imperial cult of Julius Caesar ⓘ
speaking platform for orations ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement altar ⓘ
cella ⓘ
columns ⓘ
front staircase ⓘ
niche for statue ⓘ
pediment ⓘ
podium ⓘ
rostra ⓘ
hasDeity Julius ⓘ
surface form: Divus Julius
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
locatedIn Forum Romanum ⓘ
Roman Forum ⓘ
locatedInCity Rome ⓘ
locatedInCountry Italy ⓘ
locatedInPoliticalEntity Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome

Roman Empire ⓘ
managedBy Parco archeologico del Colosseo ⓘ
surface form: Parco Archeologico del Colosseo
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
marble ⓘ
tufa ⓘ
nearbyStructure Arch of Augustus ⓘ
Regia ⓘ
Rostra of the Roman Forum ⓘ
surface form: Rostra Augusti

Temple of Castor and Pollux ⓘ
notableEvent display of Caesar’s comet symbol ⓘ
public funeral of Julius Caesar commemorated ⓘ
partOf Roman Forum ⓘ
surface form: Roman Forum archaeological area
religion Roman state religion ⓘ
symbol Caesar’s comet ⓘ
star of Julius Caesar ⓘ
visibleRemains altar base ⓘ
foundations ⓘ
podium ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Temple of Divus Julius
Description of subject: The Temple of Divus Julius was a Roman temple in the Forum Romanum dedicated to the deified Julius Caesar, serving as a focal point for his imperial cult and public commemorations.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forum Romanum → contains → Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
Regio VIII Forum Romanum (ancient Rome) → contains → Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
subject surface form: Regio VIII Forum Romanum
this entity surface form: Temple of Julius Caesar
Via Sacra → passes → Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
Domus Publica → nearbyStructure → Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
deification of Julius Caesar → hasLocation → Temple of Divus Julius ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Divus Iulius