Temple Of Juno Moneta Floor Plan

Through fifth century c e.
Temple of juno moneta floor plan. And because they were minted in the temple of juno moneta people lovingly called them money. A view of the podium platform and the capitolium of ancient signia now segni. Subsequently in correlation with the accounts of livy 7 28 4 6 ovid fasti 6 183 185 and cicero de domo 38 101 tucci draws attention to a clear association between the location of this mint and that of the temple of juno moneta. From moneta came the modem english words mint and money and ultimately from the latin word meaning warning.
Jean haudry juno moneta. Today the site of the temple of juno moneta the source of the great stream of roman currency has given way to the ancient. Google classroom facebook twitter. The earliest phase of the temple featured terracotta elements including acroteria sculptures on the roofline and a large terracotta statue of jupiter driving a quadriga four horse chariot.
Temple of jupiter optimus maximus rome. En filippo coarelli rome and environs. Aux sources de la monnaie milan et paris archè edidit études indo européennes 2002 isbn 88 7252 224 2. The temple of saturn was built at the foot of capitoline hill in the western end of the forum romanum.
Her coins carried her fame glory and riches to the far corners of the known world. Templum iunonis monetæ was an ancient roman temple that stood on the arx or the citadel on the capitoline hill overlooking the roman forum. Capitolium segni church of saint peter built on the ancient cyclopean platform of ancient temple of juno moneta photo taken from above the roman cistern. Giunone moneta segni submitted by ivanjohnson polygonal masonry at signia segni.
It was built in 509 bc and was nearly as large as the parthenon. The temple of juno moneta latin. This is the currently selected item. Juno was the roman goddess who protected the nation as a whole but also kept special watch over all aspects of women s lives.
An archaeological guide university of. And rome went on to great things. The hill and the temple of jupiter became the symbols of rome the capital of the world. Temple of jupiter optimus maximus rome.
She is often thought of as the roman version of the greek goddess of love and marriage hera juno was the wife and sister of jupiter the chief roman god and the two of them were worshipped along with the goddess minerva on the quirinal in rome. En samuel ball platner et thomas ashby a topographical dictionary of ancient rome londres oxford university press 1929 608 p. The romans gave thanks to their patroness juno and thereafter called her juno moneta juno the warner or juno the admonitor. The temple of jupiter optimus maximus capitolinus is the most important of the temples.