The temple of Vesta

The Round Temple is located with to the Portunus Temple in the archaeological area of the Foro Boario, the ancient market of the meats of Rome. Since the Renaissance it was famous as Temple of Vesta, in analogy to that one of the Roman Foro. When the dedication by a trader of olives, Marcus Octavius Erennius, was discovered the temple was correctly attributed to Hercules Victor, divinity already present in that zone. The Temple is the most ancient building in marble in Rome. It was realized in pentelico Greek marble in the I sec. b. C.; the restorations in lunense marble go back to the age of Tiberius.

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