- Buildings dedicated to the Goddess Fortuna were built both in Rome and in several Italian cities to celebrate Emperor Augustus back from military campaigns.
- The Temple of Fortuna Augusta sadly was very badly damaged by the earthquake of 62AD and had not been restored when Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
- The Temple of Fortuna Augusta is located within the ancient archaeological site of Pompeii in Italy.
- The temple celebrates the Emperor Augusto and his successors. ... Download the online map of the Pompeii excavations.
- The cult of Fortuna Augusta was looked after by a group of slaves and liberti, that is groups particularly related to the emperor as the guarantor of their rights...
- Cella (C) of the Temple of Fortuna August is surrounded by four thin Corinthian columns along the facade and with 3 columns on the side.
- ...Fortune at Pompeii; موقع أثري في إيطاليا; temple romain à Pompéi, Italie; archeologische vindplaats in Italië; Tempio della Fortuna Augusta (VII.4.1).
- This benefactor, an eminent citizen of Pompeii and twice Duumvir in the Augustan age, even went so far as to create the position of ministers of the cult.
- ...pseudo-peripteral Corinthian temple to Fortuna Augusta was built and dedicated at an important intersection just north of the Forum in Pompeii (van Andringa...
- Roman temples - the ones in Pompeii in particular - do not diverge in any way from the great Hellenistic models known through the colonies of Magna Graecia.
- Italiano: Tempio della Fortuna Augusta a Pompei; acquarello di Luigi Bazzani.
- Looking east between VI.10, on left, and VII.4.1, Temple of Fortuna Augusta, on right.
- English: Pompeii VII.4.1. French: Temple de Fortune Auguste. ... Italian: Tempio della Fortuna Augusta (VII.4.1).