Temple of Jupiter Stator (2nd century BC)

See also: Temple of Jupiter Stator (3rd century BC)
Temple of Jupiter Stator
Temple of Jupiter Stator (in a 19th century graphical reconstruction)
Temple of Jupiter Stator is located in Rome
Temple of Jupiter Stator
Temple of Jupiter Stator
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Coordinates41°53′35″N 12°28′46″E / 41.893127°N 12.479498°E / 41.893127; 12.479498
The Temples of Juno Regina (north) and Jupiter Stator (south) in the Porticus Octaviae behind the Theater of Marcellus in Gismondi's model of imperial Rome at the Museum of Roman Civilization
A Corinthian capital of Chiswick Villa, inspired by descriptions of the Temple of Jupiter Stator.

The Temple of Jupiter Stator (Latin: Aedes Iovis Statoris; Jupiter the Sustainer), also known to the ancient Romans as the Metellan Temple of Jupiter (Aedes Iovis Metellina)[1] and the Temple of Metellus (Aedes Metelli),[2] was a temple dedicated to the Roman god Jupiter Stator.[3] It was located beside the Temple of Juno Regina in the Porticus Octaviae in the southern Campus Martius before its destruction in the AD 64 Great Fire of Rome.[4]

  1. ^ Festus 363.
  2. ^ Pliny NH xxxvi.40; CIL vi.8708.
  3. ^ O Hehir, Brendan; Dillon, John M. A classical lexicon for Finnegans wake : a glossary of the Greek and Latin in the major works of Joyce, including Finnegans wake, the Poems, Dubliners, Stephen Hero, A portrait of the artist as a young man, Exiles, and Ulysses: APPENDIX A (PDF). University of California Press. pp. 606–07. ISBN 0-520-03082-6.
  4. ^ "The Great Fire of Rome | Background | Secrets of the Dead | PBS". Secrets of the Dead. 29 May 2014.