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.
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