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This building has been called the Temple of Augustus and dates to the end of the first century AD. On the left can be seen the Lacus Juturna, though the its Aedicula is out of shot; on the right is the temple of the Castores. The Hall in Opus Latericium could otherwise be a structure known as the Athenaeum. The Athenaeum was a building that Hadrian dedicated to scholorship and the name derives from the fact that Athena (known in the Roman Pantheon as Minerva) was the patron goddess of wisdom. The name Opus Latericium only signifies that the building is made of brick. |
