Gps Coordinates / 40.749609,14.4847021
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Temple Of Jupiter
Via Villa dei Misteri, 2, 80045 Pompei NA, Italy
The temple structure was built in 150 BC to dominate the forum, and it became Pompeii's main temple after the Roman conquest.
Date of excavation: 1810 - 1816 - 1820 - Roman language, culture, and law would soon come to dominate the city.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7499002,14.4844311
Jupiter was the ruler of the gods and the protector of Rome, where his temple was the center of Roman religion and of the cult of state.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7494542 / Gps Link 40.7496781 / Gps Link 40.7496617
Gps Coordinates / 40.7494542,14.4847286 / 40.7496781,14.4846676 / 40.7496617,14.484625
Pompeii was occupied by the Romans beginning in 310 BC. It maintained much of its autonomy, however, until the Italic Revolt against Rome at the beginning of the 1st century BC In 89, the town was besieged by Sulla.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7495433 / Gps Link 40.7498696 / Gps Link 40.7496735
Gps Coordinates / 40.7495433,14.4848773 / 40.7498696,14.4847552 / 40.7496735,14.4844862
In contrast to the previous Samnite occupiers, the Romans very much believed in the importance of architecture in religious and civic life.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7496488 / Gps Link 40.7495927
Gps Coordinates / 40.7496488,14.4847247 / 40.7495927,14.484904
The interior of the temple contained the cella, which held the statues of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, and which only the priests were permitted to enter.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7497622,14.4846333
In 62 AD, an earthquake shook the city of Pompeii, destroying much of the Temple of Jupiter. After this, the much smaller Temple of Jupiter Meilichios became the main seat of worship to Jupiter and the Capitoline Triad.
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