Temple of Romulus

Dating from the early of 4th century, this temple was dedicated to Divus Romulus, the son of the Emperor Maxentius who died in 307 AD.

It was probably thus the Temple of Penates, originally stood in the area occupied at the beginning of 4th century AD by Basilica of Maxentius and to have been later transferred to an adjacent site.

This temple, begun by Maxentius and completed by Constantine, has remained practically intact thanks to its having been transformed, in the Middle Ages, into the atrium of the church of St. Cosma and St. Damiano.

The bronze door is the late Imperial Age original.