Temple of Apollo Palatinus
Ruins · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
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- Population
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- Coordinates
- 41.889, 12.486
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient Roman temple on the Palatine Hill, Rome
History
The Temple of Apollo Palatinus, sometimes called the Temple of Actian Apollo, was a temple of the god Apollo in Rome, constructed on the Palatine Hill on the initiative of Augustus between 36 and 28 BCE. It was the first temple to Apollo within the city's ceremonial boundaries, and the second of four temples constructed by Augustus. According to tradition, the site for the temple was chosen when it was struck by lightning, which was interpreted as a divine portent. Augustan writers situated the temple next to Augustus's personal residence, which has been controversially identified as the structure known as the domus Augusti.