Temple of Juno Caelestis (Dougga)

The Temple of Juno Caelestis is a archaeological site in Dougga, Tunisia. The ruined temple was dedicated to the Roman goddess Juno, herself an evolution of the Punic goddess Tanit. The temple was built between 222 and 235 AD,[1] and is one of the best preserved temples dedicated to Juno in Africa.[2]

Temple of Juno Caelestis
LocationDougga, Tunisia
Coordinates36°25′22″N 9°12′56″E
TypeTemple
History
BuilderRoman Empire
MaterialStone

Description

The temple was built between 222 and 235 AD during the reign of Severus Alexander. The temple was dedicated to the Roman goddess Juno, who the residents of Dougga widely associated with the Punic goddess Tanit. As opposed to other archologoical sites at Dougga, the Temple was built on the outer edges of the city. The temples' tenemos is shaped like a crescent, a traditional symbol of Juno.[3]

The temple was first excavated in the 1890s, and restoration work on the temple began in 1904. Renewed interest in Dougga's archologicla sites resulted in the temple being examined 1999 and 2002.[4]

gollark: I mean, RISC-V is kind of good but I think more complex instructions might actually be a good idea, to keep the CPU execution bits happy and fed with stuff to do.
gollark: What is "something good" though?
gollark: TIS-100 assembly *is* an esolang.
gollark: You could actually do this on top of Python, it lets you delete builtins and meddle with most operations.
gollark: Blocked what?

References
  1. Raven, Susan (2012-12-06). Rome in Africa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-89240-2.
  2. Harden, D. B. (1937). "The Pottery from the Precinct of Tanit at Salammbo, Carthage". Iraq. 4 (1): 59. doi:10.2307/4241606. ISSN 0021-0889.
  3. DeLaine, Janet (2005). "An essential manual on domestic architecture - PIERRE GROS, L'ARCHITECTURE ROMAINE DU DÉBUT DU IIIE SIÈCLE AV. J.-C. À LA FIN DU HAUT-EMPIRE, vol. 2. MAISONS, PALAIS, VILLAS ET TOMBEAUX (Les Manuels d'Art et d'Archéologie antiques; Picard, Paris 2001). Pp. 527, figs. 624, colour pls. 20. ISBN 2-7084-0533-0. FF 580". Journal of Roman Archaeology. 18: 577–582. doi:10.1017/s1047759400007686. ISSN 1047-7594.
  4. Sophie Saint-Amans, op. cit., p. 275
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.