Sources
plan: Coarelli 2007
facade: see Tuscan Temple documentation
Timeline
- 6th century BCE: Initial date for temple?
- After 426 BCE: Second building phase
- 345 BCE: Temple is vowed by Camillus (literary tradition)
- 344 BCE: Temple is dedicated by the two consuls (literary tradition)
Physical Details
- The materials found in this location are of various types and from different eras
- Some leftovers are in opera quadrata
- One discovered wall suggests two building phases, one in cappellaccio, the other in tufo di Fidene. 29.6 meters of length are preserved.
- Altogether, the archaeological remains suggest a rectangle of 25 meters by 29.6 meters (and it is likely that these walls were for a temple rather than a fortification wall, as had previously been assumed).
- The cappellaccio suggests an initial date of the 6th century BCE, while the tufo suggests the second building phase was after 426 BCE (when the Romans conquered Fidene). The south side does not seem to have been changed, though the north side seems to have been lengthened.
- Internal cement suggests a third phase of reconstruction.
Literary Sources
- Cic. dom. 38.101
- Liv. 7.28.4-6 (source for dedication of the temple)
- Ov. fast. 6.183-185