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Fanum
At the temples, Romans prayed and made ritual worship offerings of a small gift or animal sacrifices to their Roman Gods, the most common 12 are as follows:
- Jupiter- King of the Gods
- Juno- Queen of the Gods
- Neptune- God of the Sea
- Pluto- God of Death
- Apollo- God of Prophesy
- Mars- God of War
- Venus- Goddess of Love
- Mercury- Messenger of the Gods
- Saturn- Father of Jupiter
- Uranus- Father of Saturn
- Diana- Goddess of the Hunt
- Cupid- God of Love
The Romans used the Latin word fanum meaning "sacred precinct" for other cult sites that did not contain a temple, such as the early sacred site of the grove of Diana Nemorensis ("Diana of Nemi") and 'temples' of divinities other than those traditionally revered by their native paganism, the state religion.
- Like the corresponding Latin adjective, fanaticus, the modern word fanatic still reflects the disapproval by pious traditional Romans of various exotic religious practices. Nevertheless under the Roman Empire some of the imported cults, mainly from conquered people, such as the Persian Mithras and Ancient Egyptian divinities such as the mother-goddess Isis and Serapis (for his fanum the specific term serapeum was used) would gain great popularity, demonstrated in rich temple cults. The temple of Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius, built of Egyptian materials and in the Egyptian style to house the Hellenized cult of the Egyptian deity Isis, is typical of the heterogeneity of later Roman religious monuments.
- The word became part of several Roman place names, notably Fanum Voltumnae (possibly Viterbo or Montefiascone), Fanum Martis Famars or Fanum Fortunae (modern Fano)
- They would only be virtually wiped out together with the Roman paganism after early Christianity and Christianity was officially adopted by the Roman Empire. The word temple would be transferred to its churches, as well as synagogues; occasionally fanum was also used as such, e.g. Fanum S. Andreae for Santander.
List of Roman temples
- Temples and locations within Ancient Rome
- Temple to All the Gods (Pantheon) - Campus Martius
- Temple of Antoninus and Faustina - Roman Forum
- Temple of Apollo Palatinus - Palatine Hill
- Temple of Apollo Sosianus - Near the Theater of Marcellus
- Temple of Bellona (Rome) - Near the Theater of Marcellus
- Temple of Caesar - Roman Forum
- Temple of Castor and Pollux - In the Roman Forum
- Temple of Concord - Roman Forum at the base of the Capitoline
- Temple of Cybele (Magna Mater) - Palatine Hill
- Temple of Divus Augustus behind Basilica Julia
- Temple of Hadrian - Campus Martius (Built into Chamber of Commerce building)
- Temple of Hercules Victor
- Temple of Isis and Serapis - Campus Martius
- Temple of Janus (Roman Forum)
- Temple of Janus (Forum Holitorium)
- Temple of Juno Moneta - Capitoline Hill
- Temple of Jupiter (Capitoline Hill) - Capitoline Hill (under Palazzo Conservatori)
- Temple of Mars Ultor - Forum of Augustus
- Temple of Minerva Medica (nymphaeum) - Formerly in the Forum Transitorum
- Temple of Minerva Medica (temple)
- Temple of Peace - Forum of Peace (now mostly covered by Via dei Fori Imperiali)
- Temple of Portunus - Near Santa Maria in Cosmedin
- Temple of Romulus - Roman Forum
- Temple of Saturn - West end of the Roman Forum
- Temple of Siriaco - Janiculum Hill
- Temple of Venus and Roma - Northeast corner of the Roman Forum
- Temple of Venus Genetrix - Forum of Caesar
- Temple of Vespasian and Titus
- Temple of Vesta - Roman Forum
- Temple of Veiovis - Capitoline Hill (Basement of Palazzo Senatorio)
- Locations outside Rome
- Pagans Hill Roman Temple, Somerset, England
- Roman Baths (Bath) and Temple of Sulis Minerva, Bath, Somerset, England
- Temple of Apollo (Pompeii)
- Temple of Bellona (Ostia)
- London Mithraeum, Londinium, modern London
- Maison Carrée - Nimes, Southern France
- Temple of Augustus (Pula) - Pula, Croatia
- Temple of Vesta - Tivoli
- Temple of Augusta and Livia - Vienne, France
- Roman Temple of Évora - Évora, Portugal
- Donuktas Roman Temple - Tarsus [1]
- Temple of Bacchus - Baalbek, Lebanon
- Temple of Artemis (Jerash)
- Temple in Vic, Spain
See also
- Classical orders
- Greek temple
- Temple for other religious traditions
Sources and external links
- Temple of Hadrian, Rome Quicktime VR
- The Pantheon, Rome Quicktime VR
- Garden Shed Converted into a Roman Temple
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