_-_2021-08-25_-_1.jpg) Remains of the Temple of Peace | |
   Temple of Peace Shown within Augustan Rome | |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′33.43″N 12°29′15.40″E / 41.8926194°N 12.4876111°E |
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The Temple of Peace (Latin: Templum Pacis), also known as the Forum of Vespasian (Latin: Forum Vespasiani), was built in Rome in 71 AD under Emperor Vespasian[1] in honour to Pax, the Roman goddess of peace.
Positioned southeast of the Roman Forum, between the Via Sacra and the Carinae,[2] the temple stood on the southeast side of the Argiletum, offering a view of the Velian Hill and overlooking the renowned Colosseum.
It housed artifacts such as the Table of Shewbread and the seven-branched menorah from the Jerusalem Temple, which were taken as spoils during the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.[2]
- ^ Tucci, Pier Luigi (16 November 2017). The Temple of Peace in Rome (Cambridge University Press, New York 2017). Two volumes, 1,107 pages, 263 color and 87 b&w illustrations. Volume 1: Art and Culture in Imperial Rome (ISBN 978-1-107-16247-1). Volume 2: Remodelings, Conversions, Excavations (ISBN 978-1-107-16254-9). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108548816.
- ^ a b Rogers, Guy MacLean (2021). For the Freedom of Zion: the Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 550. ISBN 978-0-300-24813-5.