The Portico of Dei Consentes

This small portico contained the statues of the Dei Consentes, the 12 counsellor gods* that led the Roman Pantheon.

The statues originally stood in the small rooms behind the row of angled columns.

 

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* The 12 counsellor gods were Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Neptune, Apollo, Diana, Mars, Venus, Vulcan, Vesta, Mercury, and Ceres.