Temple of Peace
3d model and reconstruction
Temple of Peace
The Forma Urbis has reached us, unfortunately, only on fragments, but these fragments are the most important instrument we have today for reconstructing and studying the topography of the ancient city. Thanks to some of the fragments from the Severian Marble Plan it is possible to reconstruct the layout of the Temple of Peace.
With regard to the vertical structure, however, it is believed that it could, in part, mirror the prototype of the Forum of Augustus. It is thanks to this supposition that we inserted an attic above the porticoes with columns.
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Temple of Peace
The massive Temple of Peace was built by the emperor Vespasian in 71 AD, after the conquest of Jerusalem.
It is intimately connected to the Imperial Fora, located to the southeast of it, so that later on it was identified as belonging to the Forum. The appearance of the building is known to us thanks to its representation in the Forma Urbis of Severus, placed in one of its rooms.
The entrance with three barrel vaults, directed toward the Forum of Augustus, led to a large square, entirely surrounded by porticoes, and enriched by elevated canals surrounded by flower beds. The very simple plan was comprised of an apsed hall in the form of an exedra in which the statue of the cult was placed.
On the two sides of the temple were two halls, while an altar at the front of it. In 192 AD, the “Templum Pacis” was destroyed by a huge fire and it was subsequently restored by Septimius Severus. In the 5th century AD, the building suffered significant damage from a landslide and it was never rebuilt, thus marking its final destruction.
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