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The Temple of the Sun was a temple in the Campus Agrippae in Rome. It was dedicated to Sol Invictus on 25 December 274 by the emperor Aurelian to fulfill a vow he made following his successful campaign against Palmyra in 272 and funded by spoils from that campaign.
- Sol Invictus
Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs],...
- Sun temple
A sun temple (or solar temple) is a building used for...
- Sol Invictus
Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in AD 274 and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.
A sun temple (or solar temple) is a building used for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, dedicated to the sun or a solar deity. Such temples were built by a number different cultures and are distributed around the world including in India, China, Egypt, Japan and Peru.
Misunderstanding the temple of Bacchus as the "Temple of the Sun", they considered it the best-preserved Roman temple in the world. [ citation needed ] The Englishman Robert Wood 's 1757 Ruins of Balbec [2] included carefully measured engravings that proved influential on British and Continental Neoclassical architects .
The worship of Sol assumed an entirely different character with the later importation of various sun cults from Syria. The Roman emperor Elagabalus (reigned ad 218–222) built a temple to him as Sol Invictus on the Palatine and attempted to make his worship the principal religion at Rome.
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Pyramid, Temple: Part of: Teotihuacan: Length: 220 meters (720 feet) Width: 224 meters (735 feet) Volume: 1,184,828.3 cubic meters (41,841,820 cu ft) Height: 65.5 meters (215 feet) [contradictory] History; Founded: 200 CE: Abandoned: 750 CE: Periods: Mesoamerican classic: Cultures: Toltec: Site notes; Condition: Protected by UNESCO ...
The Temple of Venus and Roma ( Latin: Templum Veneris et Romae) is thought to have been the largest temple in Ancient Rome. Located on the Velian Hill, between the eastern edge of the Forum Romanum and the Colosseum, it was dedicated to the goddesses Venus Felix ("Venus the Bringer of Good Fortune") and Roma Aeterna ("Eternal Rome").
