The architectural antiquities of Rome - University of Notre Dame ...
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TEMPLE OF JUPITER TONANS. AT ROME<br />
PLATE LXX IX.<br />
VIEW OF THE TEMI'LE, FROM THE NORTII·EAST<br />
Tn~ Temple is suppo6al to have been ueaed by Augustus, and dedic:.ced co Jupiter the ThundereT,<br />
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