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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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 ⓘ