Temple of Castor and Pollux
Ruins · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 495 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.892, 12.486
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, central Italy
History
The Temple of Castor and Pollux was an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus. Castor and Pollux were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus (Jupiter) and Leda. Their cult came to Rome from Greece via Magna Graecia and the Greek culture of Southern Italy.