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4· RELIGIOUS PLACES<br />

4.2b Reconstruction ofthe temple and Forum<br />

1. Each of these columns was over 16 metres tali.<br />

2. The upper storey is supported by caiyatids (female figures) modelled on those from the<br />

Ercchtheion (shrine of Erechtheus) on the Athenian Acropolis.<br />

3. The statues of the republican heroes stood in niches along the rear wall of the colonnade.<br />

4.2c The temple and its uses<br />

Suetonius, Life c>f Augustus 29<br />

Like most Roman temples (see below4.7), the temple of Mars Ultor was not<br />

solely what we would think of as a 'religious' building. Many different kinds of<br />

public activities took place in the temple, as well as in the open area in front of<br />

it.<br />

See further: Stambaugh (1978) 554-6*.<br />

His

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