Roman Temples
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A lot of other towns of the Roman Empire also built temples. There are hundreds of these temples left, all over the Roman Empire. One of the most famous ones (and it is very well preserved) was a Corinthian style temple in Nimes, in southern France.
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Here is another temple from Ostia, the port of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber river. This one has had all its marble stolen away, so that only the brick is left.
To find out more about Roman temples, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction, by David Macaulay (1983). For kids - brilliant!
Roman Architecture, by Frank Sear (1983). The standard college textbook.
Roman Imperial Architecture, by J. B. Ward-Perkins (1992). A more detailed textbook, and harder going.
The Architecture of Roman Temples : The Republic to the Middle Empire, by John Stamper (2004). 052181068X
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