Aedes Veiovis

Veiovis-01

Sources

plan: Coarelli 2007

facade: see Tuscan Temple Documentation


Timeline

  • 200-192 BCE: Temple is built

Physical Details

  • Its existence is generally accepted.
  • Its existence is based on an emendation to Livy (who otherwise has 2 temples dedicated to Jupiter in the same year)
  • Ovid and Vitruvius refer to a temple of Jupiter that scholars often assume is this one.

Literary Sources

  • Liv. 31.21.12, 34.53.7, 35.41.8
  • Ov. fast. 1.289-294
  • Vitruvius 3.2.3