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Temple of Mars

130s BC establishments2nd-century BC establishments in Italy2nd-century BC establishments in the Roman Republic2nd-century BC religious buildings and structuresRoman temples by deity
Temples in the Campus MartiusTemples of Ares

The Temple of Mars (Latin: Aedes Martis in Circo) was a temple built on the campus Martius in Rome in the 2nd century BC, near the Circus Flaminius, dedicated to Mars. The consul Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus vowed a temple to Mars in 138 BC and construction began after 135 BC, financed by booty from his campaign in Hispania. It was designed by Hermodorus of Salamis and was dedicated in 132 BC during Junius' triumph. It was restored in the late Republic, retaining its original plan and features. If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian Emperors issued edicts prohibiting non-Christian worship.

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Temple of Mars
Via della Reginella, Rome Municipio Roma I

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Via della Reginella
00186 Rome, Municipio Roma I
Lazio, Italy
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