Temple of Hercules Pompeianus
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.
References
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXXIV.57
Bibliography
- Platner and Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, 1929, p. 255-256
- Burgess, The topography and antiquities of Rome, p 141