M PLH Boarium, long miscalled the Temple of Vesta (PI. XV). It maybe identified either with the sanctuary of Portunus—the god ofthe harbour—or with that of Mater Matuta. The podium of tufa(faced with travertine) seems to be of early date: the ceTla andperistyle of twenty Corinthian columns, which… … 92 ARCHITECTURE chap, ii temple of Hercules Invictus, which also stood in the ForumBoarium, contained paintings by the poet Pacuvius, executed forthe restoration of the temple by Aemilius Paulus, the victor ofPydna (168 B.C.). The remains of this latter building were dis-covered in the pontificate…
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